[Koha] Re: marc and stuff!

[Chris Cormack]

* Lora Morgaine <Lora at wfftrc.org> [010525 08:48]:
> Hi everyone,

Hi Lora
> 
> 
> I work for a non-profit organization called the Technology Resource Center,
> based in Seattle, Washington. We try to find ways to help alleviate the
> digital divide, and are very involved in libraries in the USA and in Latin
> America.
> 
> A small group of us have been working on making KOHA compatible with MARC
> records and in general with libraries in North and South America. We are at
> the point where we successfully import MARC records in full, and allow
> editing on over 200 most-utilized fields and subfields. One can also create
> a new MARC record, but cannot export records yet. 

Excellent work.
> 
> We also altered the database structure significantly to import successfully
> all fields, subfields, and indicators, and also changed the OPAC interface.
> It was rewritten in PHP for more flexibility, as well. Because we have
> changed so much of the system, we renamed ours to "OpenBook" - but it's
> still an open-source system with code available to everyone. Our ultimate
> goal is to help small libraries who wish to automate or move to less
> expensive automation options.
> 
Would it be possible for you to send us the changed database schema.
Or put it up somewhere for us to look at. It may save us a huge amount of
time if we can see how you added MARC compatibility.

Chris

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