Amber,

The authorities module doesn’t seem to work so well.

That said, it sounds to me like perhaps your particular situation might be spoken to in the manual at: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/administration.html#authprefs

1.3. Authorities

Get there: More > Administration > Global System Preferences > Authorities

1.3.1. BiblioAddsAuthorities

Default: allow

Asks: When editing records, ___ them to automatically create new authority records if needed, rather than having to reference existing authorities.

Values:

• allow
  • This setting allows you to type values in the fields controlled by authorities and then adds a new authority if one does not exist
• don't allow
  • This setting will lock the authority controlled fields, forcing you to search for an authority versus allowing you to type the information in yourself.

Is your preference set to “don’t allow”? 

Kurt

Kurt A. Bodling

Technical Services Librarian

George Washington's Mount Vernon

     Estate, Museum & Gardens

P.O. Box 110

Mount Vernon, VA 22121

Phone: 703-799-6835

Fax: 703-799-8698

Email: kbodling@mountvernon.org

From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Amber Amland
Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:55 PM
To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06

We just upgraded Koha, and in MARC the fields such as 650 a are locked, and it looks like you’re supposed to use authority search to fill them in.  However, authority search doesn’t work, and I often have new names or subjects that wouldn’t be in there (I think). Does anyone know how to unlock those fields?

We’re now using Koha version 3.06.00.000 on Linux library 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Thank you so much!

Amber

Amber Amland

Librarian

Mountainview International Christian School

www.mountainviewics.org

library@mountainviewics.org