[Koha] data import question

[Derek Dresser]

Hello,

I'm still having some trouble getting our data migrated from an old 
Winnebago system to koha 2.0.0pre2.  I am using a MICROLIF (USMARC) file and 
attempting to use the bulkmarcimport.pl script like so.

/usr/local/koha/scripts/misc/bulkmarcimport.pl -file MICROLIF.001

it appears to import fine.  Here is a piece of the script output as it is 
importing the data

==>LDR 01088cam  2200265 i 4500
001        79001533 //r86
008     790514s1979    nyu      b    00110 eng  
020    _a0835211533 : 
       _c$14.95
043    _ae-uk---
       _an-us---
050 0  _aPR830.F3
       _bT9
082    _a016.823/0876
100 10 _aTymn, Marshall B.,
       _d1937-
245 10 _aFantasy literature :
       _ba core collection and reference guide /
       _cMarshall B. Tymn, Kenneth J. Zahorski, and Robert H. Boyer.
260 0  _aNew York :
       _bR. R. Bowker Co.,
       _c1979.
300    _axiii, 273 p. ;
       _c24 cm.
504    _a"Directory of publishers": p. 232-239.
500    _aIncludes index.
650  0 _aFantastic fiction, English
       _xHistory and criticism
       _xAddresses, essays, lectures.
650  0 _aFantastic fiction, American
       _xHistory and criticism
       _xAddresses, essays, lectures.
650  0 _aFantastic fiction, English
       _xBibliography.
650  0 _aFantastic fiction, American
       _xBibliography.
700 10 _aZahorski, Kenneth J.,
       _d1939-
       _ejoint author.
700 10 _aBoyer, Robert H.,
       _d1937-
       _ejoint author.
852 1  _9p14.95 
       _h016.823 T976f
       _p10022
961    _t6 at /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/misc/bulkmarcimport.pl line 
79.
biblio 22 :  items found
ADDED biblio NB 45 in DB
==>LDR 00739nam  2200193 i 4500
001        77622252 
008     770803s1976    meu      b   s00010 eng  
020    _a0913764086
043    _an-us---
       _an-us-me
050 0  _aZ1238
       _b.C48
       _aE263.M4
082    _a016.9733/09741
100 10 _aChurchill, Edwin A.
245 10 _aMaine communities and the War for Independence :
       _ba guide for the study of local Maine history as related to the 
American Revolution /
       _cby Edwin A. Churchill.
260 0  _a[Augusta] :
       _bMaine State Museum, 
       _c1976.
300    _avi, 110 p. ;
       _c22 cm.
651  0 _aMaine
       _xHistory
       _yRevolution, 1775-1783
       _xBibliography.
651  0 _aUnited States
       _xHistory
       _yRevolution, 1775-1783
       _xBibliography.
852 1  _h016.9733 C475m
       _p10023
961    _t6 at /usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/misc/bulkmarcimport.pl line 
79.
biblio 23 :  items found
ADDED biblio NB 46 in DB

The issue I am still having is that it is creating biblios and biblioitems 
in the database, but no "items"  This seems to be a problem of correctly 
mapping the fields in the MARC record to koha's database.  specifically, the 
item information seems to be in MARC field 852.  I haven't yet been able to 
map things correctly though.  I have a few questions.  When installing, I am 
selecting MARC21 parameters instead of UNIMARC.  Is this correct?  What's 
the difference?

Is there an already defined option to extract the "item" data from the MARC 
852 field (I believe from some responses that I have received that this is a 
fairly standard location for the "item" data).   Any help or additional 
information would be appreciated.  Perhaps there is a way for me to rewrite 
my MARC data so that that information will be read properly?

I'm giving a demo next week to a bunch of school technologists on the basics 
of installing and configuring Koha as part of an open source seminar we are 
putting on.  I should be able to pull that off using the sample data if 
necessary, but it would be really nice if I could show them our actual 
library data.  :-)

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
Derek


-- 
Derek Dresser
http://network.gouldacademy.org/
Gould Academy
Bethel, ME 04217
(207)824-7700

"Nothing endures but change"
       --Heraclitus


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