[Koha] Koha & fixed fields

[rafael.antonio at sapo.pt]

It would be very helpful if someone could clarify  such leader control  
both for MARC21 and UNIMARC.
Thanks,

Rafael

Citando Galen Charlton <galen.charlton at liblime.com>:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com> wrote:
>> From what I remember, Koha 3.0 does not use any of the information in the
>> Leader.
>
> The MARC21 indexing rules for Zebra use the bibliographic Leader/06
> and Leader/07, and Koha relies on the Leader/09 (character encoding)
> being set correctly.
>
>> I'm not sure whether this is also true for the MARC 006, 007, & 008 tags/
>> fields, however.
>
> Similarly, the 007/00, /01, /02, and /11 are indexed, as are the
> 008/00-05, /07-11, /15-17, /22, /23, /29, /33, /34, /035-037, and /39.
>  For authority records, the heading use indicators in the 008 matter a
> lot.
>
>> We have some original cataloging to do in-house & I don't want to spend a
>> ton of time getting these fields right if it's not going to add any value to
>> our patrons.
>
> Please resist the temptation to do this! :)  Taking the time to set
> the fixed fields is nice if you ever plan to share your original
> cataloging with other libraries or bibliographic utility.  It's true
> that like many ILSs, Koha doesn't use the fixed fields to their
> fullest extent, but if you don't maintain the data, you won't be able
> to readily take advantage of any future functionality that makes
> better use of the fixed fields.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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