[Koha] Thanks, and another import question...

Sat Dec 12 01:24:46 NZDT 2009

Also, this guide:
http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:documentation:marc21holdings_holdings_data_information_for_vendors
will help - as will the updated version of this that I added to the
new manual :)

Nicole

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This may help someone in future -  one thing i find helpful when setting up marc records for import is to first enter a complete record in the koha interface, including items.
>
> Then search and make sure all displays about this record is ok. Then i export out this record as marc, break it using marcedit's marc breaker and then see what fields go to each marc tag and use this to prepare my import data
>
>
> Olugbenga Adara
> Mobile: 234-803-3220288
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/10/09, Martin Longo <jmlongo at uncu.edu.ar> wrote:
>
>> From: Martin Longo <jmlongo at uncu.edu.ar>
>> Subject: Re: [Koha] Thanks, and another import question...
>> To: "Amy Schuler" <schulera at caryinstitute.org>, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 5:20 PM
>>
>> Hi there Amy ...
>>
>> En su momento, Amy Schuler escribió:
>> >
>> > Good morning,
>> >
>> > Thanks to Bernardo, Ian and Lenora for their help
>> yesterday with my
>> > bulkmarcimport problem. One of the tips I received
>> alerted me to the
>> > fact that I did not have a 952 $a AND $b in my MARC
>> records. I only
>> > had the $b (permanent location), populated with my
>> library code
>> > “Cary”. I have been confused by this $a and $b
>> thing all along (and
>> > still am – more on this below). I edited my MARC to
>> include $a, then
>> > tried importing the records again, and this time the
>> records were
>> > loaded (thanks everyone!) although items were not. For
>> each of my 23
>> > MARC records, I received a variation of this error:
>> >
>> > “.Item not added (bib 10, item tag #1, barcode
>> 100034): invalid
>> > homebranch”
>> >
>> > So, I take this to mean that not only do I need a $a,
>> but it needs to
>> > be populated before I import the record if I also want
>> to add the
>> > item. Is this correct? Can my $a and $b be the same
>> code? I am a
>> > single location, no branches or anything, which is why
>> I had thought
>> > that only one or the other was needed, but not both.
>> >
>> > If there is someplace in the sys preferences where I
>> specify the $a, I
>> > do not know where this is. I see that I have to put in
>> the library
>> > code, which I did, and then this is identical to the
>> code that I put
>> > into my $b. Do I just add $a using MARCedit and add a
>> code to all
>> > records there? I had left $a blank when I edited it
>> before the
>> > successful import. I hope I am being clear.
>> >
>>
>> Yes ... you'll have to put in your library code into $a
>> subfield of all
>> your records
>>
>> Something like this:
>>
>> =952 \\$p100025$oXA .M59$d20050608$bCARY$aCARY
>>
>> But ... even if you get all your records imported, I guess
>> you'll be
>> hitting another wall soon, when you try to set up 'issuing
>> rules',
>> because you 952 field does not have a $y subfield where the
>> 'itemtype'
>> should go (obviously, the itemtype code to add into $y must
>> be already
>> defined in Koha)
>>
>> your record should look something like this:
>>
>> =952 \\$p100025$oXA .M59$d20050608$bCARY$aCARY$yBK
>>
>>
>> Hope this help a little and save you a little time!
>>
>> Best regards!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Thanks again for all of your help! Below is a sample
>> record:
>> >
>> > =LDR 01551ibrary 00433v.141-1
>> >
>> > =520 \\$aIES Library has: v.141-162 / 1975-85
>> >
>> > =000 01433cas\\2200409\\\4500
>> >
>> > =001 ocm05695980\
>> >
>> > =003 OCoLC
>> >
>> > =005 20030326131229.0
>> >
>> > =008 791114c19409999ilusr1p\\\\\\\0\\\a0eng\d
>> >
>> > =010 \\$a 06031134
>> >
>> > =040
>> \\$aNYG$cNYG$dDLC$dNSD$dAIP$dAGL$dNST$dAGL$dOCLCQ
>> >
>> > =012 \\$a3$k1$m1
>> >
>> > =022 0\$a0003-0198
>> >
>> > =032 \\$a022420$bUSPS
>> >
>> > =037 \\$bAmerican Nurseryman Publishing Company, 77 W.
>> Washington St.,
>> > Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60602-2904
>> >
>> > =042 \\$alc$ansdp
>> >
>> > =043 \\$an-us---
>> >
>> > =050 00$aSB354$b.A2
>> >
>> > =070 0\$a80$bAm371
>> >
>> > =072 \0$aF100
>> >
>> > =082 \\$a634.05
>> >
>> > =210 0\$aAm. nurserym.
>> >
>> > =222 \0$aAmerican nurseryman
>> >
>> > =245 00$aAmerican nurseryman.
>> >
>> > =260 \\$aChicago, IL,$bAmerican Nurseryman Pub. Co.
>> >
>> > =300 \\$av.$bill.$c29 cm.
>> >
>> > =310 \\$aSemimonthly
>> >
>> > =362 1\$aBegan with issue for Aug. 1, 1940.
>> >
>> > =510 1\$aBiological & agricultural
>> index$x0006-3177
>> >
>> > =510 0\$aBibliography of agriculture$x0006-1530$bv.
>> 180, no. 5, 1994
>> >
>> > =650 \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$vPeriodicals.
>> >
>> > =650 \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$zUnited
>> States$vPeriodicals.
>> >
>> > =780 00$tAmerican nurseryman and the national
>> nurseryman$w(DLC)sf
>> > 82006965$w(OCoLC)5735711
>> >
>> > =780 05$tInterior landscape$gApr.
>> 2001$x1063-1607$w(DLC)sn
>> > 92003306$w(OCoLC)25908196
>> >
>> > =850 \\$aCU-RivA$aDLC$aDNAL$aIn$aNcRS$aTxLT$aVtU
>> >
>> > =936 \\$aUnknown$aVol. 193, no. 7 (Apr. 2001)
>> >
>> > =952 \\$p100025$oXA .M59$d20050608$bCARY$a
>> >
>> >
>> > Amy C. Schuler
>> >
>> > Manager of Information Services
>> >
>> > Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
>> >
>> > PO Box AB
>> >
>> > Millbrook, NY 12545
>> >
>> > (845) 677-7600 x164
>> >
>> > schulera at caryinstitute.org
>> <mailto:schulera at ecostudies.org>
>> >
>> >
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