[Koha] Importing data into MARC

[Andres Tarallo]

Scott:
I  haven't thought in your approach. I'm currently working from what 
CDS/ISIS (DOS version) exports that is very similar to ISO2709.  I've 
decoded the information and unloaded it in a hash array, where I'm 
merging  my databases and generating MARC  records with MARC::Record.

                                                          Andres
Scott Scriven wrote:

>* Andres Tarallo <tarallo at ort.edu.uy> wrote:
>  
>
>>We're currently finishing our mapping to import our database (CEPAL 
>>catalog in DOS/ISIS) to Koha. We have a question, and we want to know 
>>the best solution to feed data for bulkmarcimport.pl.
>>    
>>
>
>For what it's worth, it's much easier to write MARC XML files than
>regular MARC files, and tends to be less error-prone.  You can
>use these with bulkmarcimport.pl with only slight modifications,
>once you've installed MARC::File::XML for perl.
>
>The LoC has much more info about the format:
>
>  http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/
>
>Personally, I'm converting my records to MODS format, then to
>MARC XML (using a LoC stylesheet).  This is even easier for me,
>though it isn't as powerful.
>
>I put some scripts online, as examples.  I haven't done very good
>mapping, but it's a start:
>
>  http://toykeeper.net/tmp/koha/
>  
>
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