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Jos,<br>
<br>
If these are all ebooks, do they have 856 fields? If so, perhaps you
could modify the "Summary" in the item type. I've never tried this, but
there's a note that says "Enter a summary that will overwrite the
default one in search results lists. Example, for a website itemtype : <br>
<b><a href="[856u]">open site</a></b> will show the link
just below the title." That sounds to me like what you want. I think.
Maybe. At least, maybe it's worth a try. I'm running 3.2alpha, but
hopefully that feature is in 3.0, too.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Jared<br>
<br>
On 6/7/2010 6:08 AM, Jos Black wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTikzbbvQkQ3izoKETFplfmuzjTO53OXxd5XesU2F@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hello<br>
<br>
This is my first question to the list since introducing myself a few
months ago,<br>
so please forgive me if I’m asking a silly question, but I haven’t yet
been able to find an<br>
answer out there.<br>
<br>
I’m currently trying to set Koha up as a catalogue and access gateway
to our<br>
eresources collection, as our current (proprietary) library system is a<br>
nightmare to import anything into. As a first attempt I have
successfully<br>
imported nearly 3000 MARC21 bib records from one of our ebook suppliers
into a<br>
test install of Koha (3.00.00.107, hope to upgrade soon!). However,
when I<br>
search for any of the titles in the OPAC, I get the ‘Availability’
message ‘No<br>
items available’ in the brief results, and in the detail holdings tab I
get ‘No<br>
physical items for this record’. The MARC records as supplied don’t
have any<br>
item data, either in the Koha 952 item tag, or even item data I could
map across<br>
in the 852, and I’m yet to hear from the supplier that they can supply
item data.<br>
<br>
These messages will be off-putting for most of our readers, many of
whom are new<br>
to using libraries, and the vast majority probably won’t ask for help,
so I need<br>
to find a way to sort this out.<br>
<br>
How could I tackle this apart from a huge effort in reader education,
modifying<br>
my copy of Koha, or individually creating thousands of items? I have a
couple<br>
of ideas but don’t want to reinvent the wheel so would truly appreciate
your help.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Jos<br>
<br>
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