[Koha] importing authorities

Nicole Engard nengard at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 02:43:07 NZDT 2009 

Ata,

That is awesome - I have downloaded it - but can't seem to import
those either - so it's certainly a problem on my system.

Nicole

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Ata ur Rehman <ata.rehman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Nicole
>
> We used some sample authority files in a training.  Plz find these file at
> the following link.
> http://lisolutions.org/downloads/index.php?act=view&id=44
>
> May be helpful
>
> Regards,
>
> Ata
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have any tips for finding a collection of authorities I can try
>> to import?  Can anyone else import records from LOC?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nicole
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > You all rock and helped me with the content to write an awesome
>> > tutorial for others!!
>> >
>> > Now - for some reason I keep getting that 0 records are importing.
>> > I'm going to the LOC site (authorities.loc.gov) and exporting a record
>> > from there - I tried in both MARC formats listed - so now I'm up for
>> > suggestions on how to get an authority record or two to import :)
>> >
>> > Nicole
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Jesse <pianohacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>
>> >>>
>> >>> Also - as someone who's new to this - where is my @INC file?
>> >>>
>> >>> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>:
>> >>> > You mean the C4 in Koha?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > home/nengard/kohaclone/C4 -- or is there another C4?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Walls, Ian <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >> Nicole,
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Hmmm... What directory is the parent to your installation's C4?
>> >>> >>  You
>> >>> >> need to get that in your @INC. Something like:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> export PERL5LIB=/path/to/C4's/parent
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> before you run bulkauthimport.pl should do the trick (the -I does
>> >>> >> the
>> >>> >> same thing, but just for that perl call)
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Good luck!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Ian
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Dec 4, 2009, at 17:18, "Nicole Engard" <nengard at gmail.com>
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>> Bleh :(
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> nengard at debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$ perl -I
>> >>> >>> /Users/nengard/kohaclone bulkauthimport.pl -file
>> >>> >>> /Users/nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc
>> >>> >>> Can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
>> >>> >>> /Users/nengard/kohaclone /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0
>> >>> >>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5
>> >>> >>> /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl
>> >>> >>> .) at
>> >>> >>> bulkauthimport.pl line 18.
>> >>> >>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at bulkauthimport.pl line 18.
>> >>> >>> You have new mail in /var/mail/nengard
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> Nicole
>> >>> >>>
>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Walls, Ian <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu>
>> >>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> >>>> Nicole,
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Oh, that's the PERL5LIB thing.  Try this:
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> perl -I /Users/nengard/kohaclone bulkauthimport.pl -file /Users/
>> >>> >>>> nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Assuming that path after the -I is where your kohaclone is.
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> -Ian
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> >>>> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nengard at gmail.com]
>> >>> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:47 PM
>> >>> >>>> To: Walls, Ian
>> >>> >>>> Cc: Owen Leonard; Koha List
>> >>> >>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Oh poo -- looks like I'm missing something I need installed --
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> nengard at debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$ perl
>> >>> >>>> bulkauthimport.pl -file /Users/nengard/Desktop/authoritymarc.mrc
>> >>> >>>> Can't locate C4/Context.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl
>> >>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/
>> >>> >>>> perl5
>> >>> >>>> /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10
>> >>> >>>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at bulkauthimport.pl line 18.
>> >>> >>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at bulkauthimport.pl line 18.
>> >>> >>>> nengard at debian:~/kohaclone/misc/migration_tools$
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> Hmmm
>> >>> >>>>
>> >>> >>>> 2009/12/4 Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com>:
>> >>> >>>>> Thank you! I will add this to the manual and use it right now :)
>> >>> >>>>>
>> >>> >>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Walls, Ian
>> >>> >>>>> <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu>
>> >>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>> >>>>>> Nicole,
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> You'd need a MARC file (either ISO2709 or MARCXML) with the
>> >>> >>>>>> authority data in it, and to navigate to the
>> >>> >>>>>> misc/migration_tools
>> >>> >>>>>> directory for your install.  Then type:
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> perl bulkauthimport.pl -file /path/to/file
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> You can also use the -h flag to investigate other options.  One
>> >>> >>>>>> really useful one is -m, which sets the incoming file format
>> >>> >>>>>> (ISO2709 or MARCXML).
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> Oh, right, and be sure you've exported your PERL5LIB, so the
>> >>> >>>>>> script knows where to find the Koha Perl modules.
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> Hope that's helpful!  And yes, we should absolutely package up
>> >>> >>>>>> some example authorities to go with the sample catalog data and
>> >>> >>>>>> patrons.
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> -Ian
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> >>>>>> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nengard at gmail.com]
>> >>> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:32 PM
>> >>> >>>>>> To: Walls, Ian
>> >>> >>>>>> Cc: Owen Leonard; Koha List
>> >>> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> Ian do you know what command I need to type and what file I
>> >>> >>>>>> need to
>> >>> >>>>>> create to use bulkauthimport.pl?
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> And Owen - yeah I think we should have some default Auth
>> >>> >>>>>> records we
>> >>> >>>>>> can fill the system with like we do with catalog data and
>> >>> >>>>>> patrons.
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> Nicole
>> >>> >>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Walls, Ian
>> >>> >>>>>> <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu> wrote:
>> >>> >>>>>>> As far as I know, the only way currently is to use
>> >>> >>>>>>> bulkauthimport.pl
>> >>> >>>>>>> .  I would think it wouldn't be that difficult to modify the
>> >>> >>>>>>> Stage MARC Records for Import tool to do authorities as well
>> >>> >>>>>>> as
>> >>> >>>>>>> biblios.  My cataloger tells me that authorities are going to
>> >>> >>>>>>> be
>> >>> >>>>>>> particularly important in RDA, so we may want to consider
>> >>> >>>>>>> beefing up that end of the codebase.  I will happily look into
>> >>> >>>>>>> it as I get the time.
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> Cheers,
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> Ian Walls
>> >>> >>>>>>> Systems Integration Librarian
>> >>> >>>>>>> NYU Health Sciences Libraries
>> >>> >>>>>>> 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016
>> >>> >>>>>>> (212) 263-8687
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> >>>>>>> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-
>> >>> >>>>>>> bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard
>> >>> >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 4:04 PM
>> >>> >>>>>>> To: Koha List
>> >>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Koha] importing authorities
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>> Is there a way to import authority records?
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> If so, I'd love to get my hands on some MARC21 authority
>> >>> >>>>>>> records. I
>> >>> >>>>>>> always end up creating a couple of dummy records, and having
>> >>> >>>>>>> some to
>> >>> >>>>>>> import would be so much better for testing.
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>>  -- Owen
>> >>> >>>>>>>
>> >>> >>>>>>> --
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>> >> @INC is simply Perl's list of directories that it is looking for Perl
>> >> modules in.
>> >>
>> >> You need to run the following, or put in your ~/.bashrc:
>> >>
>> >> export PERL5LIB=/home/nengard/kohaclone/
>> >>
>> >> Basically, Koha imports modules from the C4 module. It needs to be told
>> >> what
>> >> directory to look for the C4 directory in, however. In a dev install,
>> >> this
>> >> is your Git clone; on a standard install, it would be something like
>> >> /usr/share/koha/lib/.
>> >>
>> >> On my machine, for instance, since my Koha git clone is at
>> >> /home/jesse/projects/koha, and the C4 directory with Koha's Perl
>> >> modules is
>> >> thus at /home/jesse/projects/koha/C4, I do this:
>> >>
>> >> export PERL5LIB=/home/jesse/projects/koha
>> >>
>> >> Opted to explain too much rather than too little, hope this helps,
>> >> --
>> >> Jesse Weaver
>> >>
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