[Koha] Re: Koha

[Stephen Hedges]

Carol, I think this would be a problem -- it would certainly result in 
a strange MARC record.  I'm going to post this thread to the Koha list 
to see if anyone else has an opinion or comment.

Stephen

On Dec 7, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Carol Ku wrote:

> If we choose to stick with Koha cataloging feature, would it corrupt 
> the record if we repeat the whole tag say 650, several times to get 
> the number of subfields we need? 
>  
> We do not have much technical support, so as much as we can, we would 
> like to keep things simple by using Koha catalogue.  But of course if 
> this posts an issue about the integrity of the MARC record entered, we 
> will sure consider getting outside technical support.
> Stephen Hedges <shedges at athenscounty.lib.oh.us> wrote:
>> Nope, it's a commercial program. http://www.tlcdelivers.com/tlc/ You
>> won't find it on their website, it's an old product that they no 
>> longer
>> promote.
>>
>> We are working with a class at Ohio University to develop a really 
>> nice
>> stand-alone (and open source) cataloging utility, but that won't be
>> ready fo  r another six months or so.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Carol Ku wrote:
>>
>> > Do you mean bibliophile that is available for free download at
>> > sourceforge.net??Do you think that program is better than koha's
>> > cataloguing module?
>> >
>> > Stephen Hedges wrote:No, we don't use
>> > Koha at all for cataloging -- we use a program called
>> >> Bibliofile. That creates a file of MARC records which we import
>> >> daily.
>> >>
>> >> Stephen
>> >>
>> >> On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Carol Ku wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > But when I look at the MARC record display of books, it displays 
>> say
>> >> > tag 050 twice, but the second display only shows one subfield 
>> e.g.
>> >> > subfield a.
>> >> > ?lt;br>> Did you have some programmers change the display page of
>> >> the MARC
>> >> > record??I think if we know how to do that, we will use the Koha
>> >> > interface.
>> >> >
>> >> > Stephen Hedges wrote:
>> >> >> We don't use the cataloging interface -- we prepare our records
>> >> with a
>> >> >> different utility, then import them into Koha daily.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think the subfield repeat may be a known bug, though I haven't
>> >> >> checked kohabugs.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Stephen Hedges
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Dec 6, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Carol Ku wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Dear Sir/Madam:
>> >> >> > We recently installed Koha for our library automation
>> >> project.?One
>> >> >> > issue we encounter is how to repeat a subfield item on the add
>> >> >> biblio
>> >> >> > page when cataloging a book.?I noticed that your library is 
>> able
>> >> to
>> >> >> &g t; repeat a subfield e.g. subfield a in the add biblio 
>> module.
>> >> >> > ?lt;br>> Can you share with us how to do that??Thank you.
>> >> >> > ?lt;br>> Carol
>> >> >> >