[Koha] Importing records

[John Wesley Simpson Hibbs]

Krishnan,

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I would definitely be interested in your video.  Meanwhile I'll try your
suggestion.

I've been pulling my hair out trying to install ‡biblios as Joe
suggested:
The instructions at http://biblios.org/docs/install-embedded-koha say
"‡biblios requires the following components: ... PazPar2 ... )
    # cd pazpar2-1.0.9
    # ./configure
    ... checking for yaz-config... NONE
    ... checking for YAZ... Not found
    ... configure: error: YAZ development libraries missing
    # aptitude install yaz
    ... The following packages are BROKEN: libyaz3
    ... The following NEW packages will be installed: yaz
    ... The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    ...    libyaz3: Depends: libicu36 but it is not installable
    ... The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
    ...    Install the following packages: libyaz3
    ...    Keep the following packages at their current version: yaz
[Not Installed]    Score is -9909
    ...        Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
    ...  ( last 4 lines repeated TWELVE times ... How many times have
YOU rejected the same solution 12 times in a row without giving up and
choosing [q]? )
    ... The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
    ...    Install the following packages: libyaz3 yaz    Score is -9948
    ...        Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
    # ./configure
    ... checking for yaz-config... NONE
    ... checking for YAZ... Not found
    ... configure: error: YAZ development libraries missing
    # aptitude install libyaz-dev
    ... The following packages are BROKEN: libyaz3
    ... The following NEW packages will be installed: libwrap0-dev
libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libyaz libyaz-dev yaz-doc
    ... The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    ...    libyaz: Conflicts: libyaz but 2.1.54-1 is to be installed.
    ... The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
    ...    Remove the following packages: yaz
    ...    Downgrade the following packages: libyaz3    Score is 89
    ...        Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
    # ./configure
    ... checking for yaz-config... /usr/bin/yaz-config
    ... checking for YAZ... /usr/bin/yaz-config
    ... checking for YAZ version... 2.1.54
    ... configure: error: 2.1.54. Requires YAZ 3.0.25 or later
    # sleep

-- 
john

On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 15:49 +0530, Krishnan M wrote: 

> Hello,
> 
> Apologies for going back and responding to the original e-mail, but i
> just wanted to let John know there are tools that will do this for him
> (albeit in a two-step process).
> 
> You can use a tool like the free MarcEdit that has a batch mode for
> searching Z39.50 servers given a list of authors/ISBN/titles, or even
> any custom field. You can then import the MARC records you get into
> Koha's reservoir.
> 
> In fact, i created a video tutorial a few days back that illustrates
> how to do this for local people that asked me, but its still not upto
> scratch, so i haven't published it to the Wiki or other location yet.
> 
> But if you are really interested, i can try and finish it off and send
> it to whatever audience is interested.
> 
> All the other caveats from people on this thread still hold true. In
> other words, the quality of your catalog is as good as what you make
> it or what you allow into it.
> 
> regards,
> krishnan
> Pune, India
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> From: John Wesley Simpson <john at swajime.com>
> To: Koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 December, 2008 1:16:27 AM
> Subject: [Koha] Importing records
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> I've been using Readerware from http://www.readerware.com/ to maintain
> my library.  I have just installed Koha, and am having difficulty
> understanding how to get my library loaded into it.
> 
> With Readerware, I can load a list of ISBN's from a text file and have
> Readerware automatically fill in the rest of the data for the books.
> 
> How do I do this in Koha?
> 
> So far, it appears that I can do this, but only one ISBN at a time?



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