[Koha] Koha & fixed fields

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:14 PM,  <rafael.antonio at sapo.pt> wrote:
> It would be very helpful if someone could clarify  such leader control
> both for MARC21 and UNIMARC.
Here's some info for MARC21:

http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bdleader.html

Josh

>
> 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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