[Koha] Re: How do you import Book copy records?

[Stephen Hedges]

Alan, you're probably right -- you'll need to modify the import script to
add your holdings data.  Most ILS software exports the basic MARC
bibliographic and the holdings data together, with the holdings data in a
8xx or 9xx MARC tag.

Stephen

Alan Piercy wrote:
> I wrote a library package (MySQL/PHP) several years ago for my school and
> now want to migrate my Marc and Holdings data files to Koha.  I plan on
> creating a 2709 file from my Marc records and using something like
> bulkmarcimport to import into Koha.
>
> But, how do I put my Holdings records into Koha?
>
> I have two data tables with fields as follows.  Holdings records point to
> a
> Marc record.  Since there is a MarcID dependency, it seems I should modify
> bulkmarcimport to handle both tables at the same time.  Does anyone have a
> script that has done this?
>
>
> MARC
> ID (primary key)
> Title
> Author
> Dewey
> Isbn
>
>
> HOLDING (identifies physical books)
> ID (primary key)
> MarcID (pointer to MARC.ID)
> Barcode
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