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<font size=3>Ian-<br><br>
Would you be willing to tell me the setup information for making OCLC a
Z39.50 client. I didn't think it was possible, but would love
to.<br><br>
I'm also interested in anything you might discover about making a Gateway
client, but the above will help alot.<br><br>
Kathy<br><br>
At 03:18 PM 1/5/2010, Walls, Ian wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My library does our cataloging
in Connexion, then exports/imports into Koha. This is not without
its difficulties, but the Connexion interface is preferred by our
catalogers for the reasons Nicole mentioned. I've set up OCLC as a
Z39.50 client using the documentation they provide, so it would be
possible to work exclusively in Koha, but with the current interface,
it's not as practical for large cataloging volumes.<br><br>
I've gotten some documentation from OCLC on how to set up a Gateway
Client, which would allow our catalogers to just press F5 in Connexion,
and have the record automagically added to Koha. Obviously this is
a bit of development work, and is not my current highest priority, but it
would be feasible someday. I'd be happy to talk with other
developers about this, though I think the better idea would be to focus
on enhancing the Koha cataloging interface first.<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
<br>
Ian Walls<br>
Systems Integration Librarian<br>
NYU Health Sciences Libraries<br>
550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016<br>
(212) 263-8687<br><br>
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From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz
[<a href="mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz" eudora="autourl">
mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>] On Behalf Of Nicole
Engard<br>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:05 PM<br>
To: Agnes Rivers-Moore<br>
Cc: Koha List<br>
Subject: Re: [Koha] Cataloging workflow<br><br>
I am not working in a library obviously, but based on my training it<br>
sounded like a lot of libraries did their cataloging in Connexion
and<br>
then import to Koha. As a cataloger (in my past life) I personally
do<br>
not find the Koha cataloging tool to have an easy to use interface
for<br>
quick cataloging. I used to catalog without ever touching my
mouse<br>
and I can't do that in Koha - I also could easily add fields and<br>
duplicate fields (etc) with keyboard shortcuts. Biblios was a step
in<br>
this direction, but never made it. If I had the skills or money
I'd<br>
re-write the cataloging tool in Koha :(<br><br>
Nicole<br><br>
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Agnes Rivers-Moore <arm@hanover.ca>
wrote:<br>
> In Hanover, we are cataloguing everything in Koha. Most records
are<br>
> imported individually using the Z39.50 search, and a few are created
by<br>
> copying and editing a similar record from our database (e.g. large
print<br>
> editions).<br>
> Several other libraries in our group pay their book suppliers to
provide<br>
> a file of MARC records for the items they purchase, which are
then<br>
> imported with Stage MARC records for import, and then edited with
local<br>
> info. Some even have the book supplier add 952 fields with their
local<br>
> branch, item type code, callnumber and barcode number.<br>
> As far as I know, none of our group are using Biblios to create or
copy<br>
> the records, but that is an option we are aware of.<br>
> HTH<br>
> Agnes<br>
><br>
> Owen Leonard wrote:<br>
>> I'd like to take an informal survey to get some ideas from
the<br>
>> Koha-using community. My library has never done the bulk of
its<br>
>> cataloging within Koha. We switched to Koha from a system which
didn't<br>
>> have a good cataloging module, so our catalogers have always
been most<br>
>> comfortable with their separate cataloging tools. However,
we're<br>
>> always looking for ideas for improving our workflow.<br>
>><br>
>> Koha users, are you doing all your cataloging within Koha? If
not,<br>
>> what are you using?<br>
>><br>
>> Â -- Owen<br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> --<br>
><br>
> Agnes Rivers-Moore<br>
> Assistant Librarian<br>
> Hanover Public Library<br>
><br>
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