[Koha] MARC import with no ISBN #

[Thomas D]

BULKMARCIMPORT.PL

I advise against using the current Koha web browser interface administration
tools for importing MARC records if you want complete and/or valid records.
 Any deficiency, and there are many, in the System Administrtion : Biblio
Framework will result in fields and subfields missing from the biblio
framework being dropped from records imported through the Koha
administration web interface.  You could add the missing fields and
subfields to correct for this problem but some time should be taken to audit
the existing default framework.  This is true for System Administration :
Import.  This is also true for the Koha Z39.50 client, which of course does
not work on MS Windows or OSX for the Koha 2.X.X versions.

Import MARC records into Koha in batches using bulkmarcimport.pl to import
the records.  The Unix default path is
/usr/local/koha/intranet/scripts/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl in
Koha 2.2.4.  Be certain to set the proper values for the environment
variables PERL5LIB and KOHA_CONF before running the script.

Keep a copy of all your records even after using bulkmarcimport.pl Having a
copy of your records outside Koha protects them against any problems in Koha
and can be used to reimport them in future.


NO ISBN PROBLEM

If you use bulkmarcimport.pl, you also avoid this bug that has manifested
itself again from Koha 2.2.2 and after. 
http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=998 .


Thomas D


Quoting Carol Ku <carolcool01 at yahoo.com> :
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> Does MARC record have to have ISBN # in order to be imported? 
> I encounter some
> problems trying to import some Chinese Books from a university
> in Hong kOng.
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