[Koha] z39.50 searches (newbie question)

[Bigwood, David]

Probably not with the barcode on the back of the item either unless you have done some programming on the reader. The code on the back of the book is the International Article Number. It  contains the ISBN but adds a prefix and then changes the last digit of the ISBN, the check digit. It would be possible to drop the 1st 3 numbers scanned and then recalculate the check digit, but it is not the default on most readers.

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
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Lunar & Planetary Institute
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[mailto:koha-admin at lists.katipo.co.nz]On Behalf Of Stephen Hedges
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 5:36 AM
To: David Williams
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Subject: Re: [Koha] z39.50 searches (newbie question)


David Williams said:
> Please forgive such a basic question, but am I right in thinking that the
> z39.50
> tool will retrieve biblio data when searching on a bar code/isbn?

ISBN, yes -- barcode, no.  ("Barcodes," as the term is used by Koha, are
specific to one library only.  But from the rest of your message, I assume
you mean the scannable ISBN barcode that appears on the back on most
books, not the barcode the library assigns to the book.)

Stephen

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