[Koha] importing authorities

Wed Dec 9 03:53:54 NZDT 2009

I have figured out the problem with the help of the awesome people on
the IRC Chanel :)

Thanks again,
Nicole

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Ata ur Rehman <ata.rehman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Nicole / All
>
> I've imported the authority files from the sample
> (http://lisolutions.org/downloads/index.php?act=view&id=44) and everything
> looks nice.  I've follow the steps:
>
> 1- set PERL5LIB variable
> 2- Imported all.mrc file from Personal Name authority folder
> 3- Run rebuild_zebra.pl -r -a -b
> 4- Checked by searching authorities from intranet interface
>
> Note: Snapshots are attached
>
> Ata
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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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>> >> >>> >>>>>>> Athens County Public Libraries
>> >> >>> >>>>>>> http://www.myacpl.org
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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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