[Koha] Batch imports of MARC records for e-books and 099 fields for regular books

[Stacy Pober]

Hi,

> Check the difference between
> http://man.waldo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=200959
> and
> http://man.waldo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=211657

Yes, the first one was migrated from our Voyager records, the second
one was imported by me after some tweaking in MarcEdit.

There are four 952 subfields in the migrated record that are not in
the one I uploaded. Here they are with their contents:

$2 z
$a MAN
$b MAN
$r 2008-05-10

subfields $a and $b are branchcodes, according to the documentation
(and the contents look appropriate for that, though I think only one
'branch' is defined now.

According to the official Koha version's manual,
<http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/cataloging/item-fields-data-migration>
Data Migration – Koha Item Fields:

"Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha tag: 952$2

"Classification scheme that defines filing rules used for sorting call
numbers. If no classification scheme is entered, the system will use
the value entered in the Cataloging preference
"DefaultClassificationSource"

"Date last seen *
Koha tag: 952$r
	
"The last date that the item was last seen in the library (checked in
/ checked out / inventoried)."

I can put in a test record with those fields and see if that makes a
difference, but I would be surprised if it changed anything.  I did
test by adding a $t (copy number) subfield of:
$t 1
but that didn't change the empty parentheses issue.

I am wondering if the contents of the parenthesis for number of copies
is a value derived from another field entirely.

I did find another library that had their e-books correctly indicating
1 or 2 copies and that's where I got the idea of using a 952$t.
However, there are other differences throughout their records, and I
don't know if the 952  is the specific subfield that is making the
difference in their records..

Is there some documentation available for official Koha that shows
where each data element is pulled from the MARC record for each
element of the public catalog  (i.e. not  staff view) display?

In case the above question isn't clear, I'm looking  for which
field/subfield is used to derive each element of the OPAC view of the
record, particularly where the summary is given of the records (i.e.
in the initial display of search results when multiple items are
displayed.)

One thing I've noticed in our catalog is that some of the fields that
display in the MARC view do not display in the Expanded MARC view.

In the MARC view, I can see the 942 (if present) and 952 fields.  In
the Expanded MARC view, I cannot.  I tend to assume that kind of
discrepancy is a bug, but I thought I should mention it here first in
case it is a feature.

Expanded MARC view:
<http://man.waldo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-MARCdetail.pl?biblionumber=200959>

[Click on "MARC view" tag for plain text MARC display - I don't think
I can provide a direct link to the plain text MARC version. ]

Stacy



On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 3:32 PM, tajoli <tajoli at cilea.it> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> There's just one little thing left.  Each book I added has an empty
>> parentheses at the end of the Availability section of the display.
>> I'm told this is the # of copies available.
> [...]
>>so can someone either
>> tell me what MARC field/subfield controls the contents of those
>> parenthesis, or
>
> I'm not sure because I don't how LEK config display.
> I think the field is 952.
>
> Check the difference between
> http://man.waldo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=200959
> and
> http://man.waldo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=211657
>
>
>> or else how to suppress the parentheses entirely when
>> displaying ebooks in search results.
>
> You can't do it, because you don't have access to command-line of your
> installation.
>
> Bye
> Zeno Tajoli

-- 
Stacy Pober
Information Alchemist
Manhattan College Library
Riverdale, NY 10471
stacy.pober at manhattan.edu