[Koha] some thoughts about cataloguing and acquisition

[Rachel Hamilton-Williams]

Hi again

And if I'm talking about something completely different I appologise - but I 
suspect the general thing is right  - that MARC is something that you can have 
"obvious" or not, as is your preference 

Cheers
R




> Hi 
> 
> I should say IANAL (I am not a librarian :-)
> 
> 
> > I got the impression that Koha "simpler non-MARC interface" form would not
> > allow the "simpler" libraries to see the record in MARC compatible format. I
> > apologise if I have misunderstood! 
> 
> I think this is a misunderstanding.  Aquisitions (full) is full because it deals
> with Budgets and bookfunds - MONEY, nothing to do with MARC. It assumes that you
> order books, wait around a bit, get the books delivered, then complete the
> catalogueing of them and put them on the shelves.
> 
> It assumes that you want to do the minimum amount of data entry necessary 
> *before* you get the book to enable people to see that you have it on order, but
> that you don't want to spend a bunch of time entering in data for a book you may
> never receive (something not uncommon here at the end of the world :-). You
> don't do the full catalogue record until you have the physical book in your
> hand.
> 
>  The simple Aquisitions system assumes that you don't really order books - or at
> least that you account for that in another system, that you just enter them when
> you get them, so it does the full record in one go - more like a "standard"
> catalogue screen I assume (But IANAL :-).  
> 
> I *hope* and I haven't been involved in the MARC project, so I'm not sure, that
> EITHER acquisition system will do the whole MARC bit, and that all you are
> choosing, is the aquisitions system that best fits your libraries business
> process.
> 
> 
> Hope it helps
> 
> Cheers
> Rachel
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Rachel Hamilton-Williams             Katipo Communications            
WEBMISTRESS                          ph  021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 
mailto:rachel at katipo.co.nz           PO Box 12487, Wellington
http://www.katipo.co.nz              New Zealand
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