[Koha] Re: A question about display formats in Koha

[Steven F. Baljkas]

Wednesday, November 17, 2004    22:50 CST

Dear Ms. Ferreyra,

My apologies for not responding more swiftly. I regret, too, that I don't
have a proper answer to your question.

An ISBD view -- or what some will think of as a card catalogue view -- would
indeed be desirable. I don't know why you are getting an ERROR message in
response to selecting that option. To be honest, I don't remember anyone
ever mentioning this in the 2+ years I've been a loyal reader of the
listserv.

Can someone else please advise here? Are there others out there who use/want
to use an ISBD (traditional) display mode? Are they/you receiving the same
ERROR message?

For the benefit of the programmers, developers and any others
interested/involved, the format Ms. Ferreyra is referring to is summarised
in the jpeg I have attached, drawn from the Anglo-American Cataloguing
Rules, Second edition, 1998 revision (AACR2R 1998). Concentrate on the
second level of description as this gives the best sense of the structure.

If this is more than just a glitch that Laura is experiencing, I could map
out the MARC fields involved if that is of help to fixing the problem.

Again, my apologies for not having a ready (quick) answer, but hopefully
someone more knowledgeable will respond shortly.

Best wishes with your CDS/ISIS to Koha work.

Sincerely,
Steven F. Baljkas
library tech at large
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg, MB, Canada


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura Ferreyra" <ferreyra at ort.edu.uy>
To: <baljkas at mts.net>; <silveira_y at ort.edu.uy>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: A question about display formats in Koha


> Dear Mr. Baljkas,
>
> Let me introduce myself, my name is Laura Ferreyra, I'm a librarian and
> I'm part of the teamwork in which also works Andres Tarallo and is
> trying to turn the library system of ORT University (Montevideo,
> Uruguay) from CDS/Isis to Koha.
>
> What we want to know is what possibilities we have to see the records in
> koha through other display formats (for instance ISBD). This option
> appears in the page, but when we click on it it says ERROR. Andres
> recommended me to contact you and ask for advice.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
> Lic. Laura Ferreyra
> ORT University
> Libary Sistem


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