[Koha] Koha Issues

[Stephen Hedges]

Hi, Simon -

Sounds like you've got your Koha pretty well set up.

I think your British Library problem may be related to the fact that their
z3950 server doesn't use USMARC (MARC 21) or UNIMARC format for their
records -- they use SUTRS (anybody know what that is?) according to the
Index Data target list (http://www.indexdata.dk/targettest/b.php).  The
Library of Congress isn't a very reliable server either, I'm afraid.  You
might look through the target list for a different server to try.

As for autobarcode, I think that only works for borrowers and non-MARC
items.  As soon as you start using MARC cataloging, I think you have to
assign your own barcodes.

Stephen

Simon Oxwell said:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Simon and I've installed Koha 2.2.2b on my Debian Sarge box
> to help me keep track of my personal library. I've no need for the
> Budget system, so I've switched the 'acquistions' system parameter to
> 'Simple' and left the 'autobarcode' parameter set to the defualt of
> 'yes'. I've got the Z39.50 client running, and have populated the
> server table with entries for the Library of Congress server and the
> British National Library server. I've created a single Item Type of
> 'Fiction', code 'Fict' so the MARC Check.
>
> I'm also using apache 1.3.33, Perl 5.8.4, recent versions of the perl
> libraries and Mysql 4.0.24.
>
> I'm having a few problems with the Acquistions module, which could
> just be that I've either not understood or misconfigured something,
> but thought I should at least ask about them.
>
> 1. At the first Acqustion screen (acqui.simple/addbooks.pl), I enter
> an ISBN to search for, which takes me to Biblio Search Results
> (acqui.simple/isbnsearch.pl). Obviously, it hasn't found anything, so
> I click on 'Add New Biblio', which passes me to a blank Biblio screen
> (acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl). I notice that isbn I searched for is
> passed to addbiblio.pl on the command line, but the ISBN field (020)
> in the Biblio isn't autopopulated. Should it be?
>
> 2. I've been playing with the Z39.50 search. The z39.50 daemon logs
> tell me that it has found a record that matches my query for ISBN
> 1857988809 ('Second Variety' by Phillip K. Dick, Uk Edition) in the
> British National Library database, but the 'Z3950 Search Results'
> pop-up tell me 'Nothing Found'. I've used a few ISBN's that exist in
> the Library of Congress database (1857988809 isn't) and they show up
> in the Search Results just fine.
>
> 24600/14 : Processing isbn=1857988809 at BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY
> z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 BLAC MARC21 (1 forks)
> 24600/14 : 2 >>
> 24600/14 : creating and 24600/14 : working on results entry 20
> 24600/14 : connected to BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY
> 24600/14 : BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY : 1 records found, retrieving them
> (max 80)
> 24600/14 : BRITISH NATIONAL LIBRARY : z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 records
> retrieved 1 SPEED: 1
> 24600/14 : z3950cat.bl.uk:9909 search done.
>
> Puzzling. Is there anyway I can see what data is being retrived, but
> upping a debug level or something?
>
> 3. Once I've completed that Biblio record and set and item type for
> it, and clicked on 'Add Biblio', I get taken to the 'New Item' screen.
> (acqui.simple/additem.pl).
>
> At this point I can't add the item until I've filled in the 'Barcode'
> field, which is apparently mandatory. Now, I've got the system
> parameter 'autobarcode' set to 'yes'. Is this field supposed to be
> autopopulated with a barcode at this point? Do I need to generate some
> barcodes elsewhere in the system in first? What have I done wrong at
> this point, or have I misunderstood what 'autobarcode' does?
>
> 4. The 'Edit Biblio' and 'Duplicate' buttons on the 'Add Item'
> (acqui.simple/additem.pl) screen have urls that don't go anywhere.
> They link to /cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
> instead of /cgi-bin/koha/acqui.simple/addbiblio.pl
>
> Anyway, I think it's great that Koha exists and there is an open
> source alternative for a really good library management system and
> that my Koha problems have some really easy answers that I've
> overlooked.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>

-- 
Stephen Hedges
Skemotah Solutions, USA
www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com

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