[Koha] Items for bulk ebook MARC records

[jos.kohado at gmail.com]

Hi again

Apologies for not being able to reply to you sooner, I've only just been  
released back onto my Koha project. I just wanted to thank you for sharing  
such valuable information. As a newcomer to Koha, and also going it pretty  
much alone, the community has already done such a huge amount to allay my  
fears of finding no support, what a fantastic experience Koha is turning  
out to be!

I will be working on the ebooks items issue over the next few weeks, and  
will be making very good use of your excellent advice.

Warm regards
Jos


On 7 Jun 2010 11:08, Jos Black <jos.kohado at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello

> This is my first question to the list since introducing myself a few  
> months ago,
> so please forgive me if I'm asking a silly question, but I haven't yet  
> been able to find an
> answer out there.

> I'm currently trying to set Koha up as a catalogue and access gateway to  
> our


> eresources collection, as our current (proprietary) library system is a
> nightmare to import anything into. As a first attempt I have successfully
> imported nearly 3000 MARC21 bib records from one of our ebook suppliers  
> into a


> test install of Koha (3.00.00.107, hope to upgrade soon!). However, when I
> search for any of the titles in the OPAC, I get the 'Availability'  
> message 'No
> items available' in the brief results, and in the detail holdings tab I  
> get 'No


> physical items for this record'. The MARC records as supplied don't have  
> any
> item data, either in the Koha 952 item tag, or even item data I could map  
> across
> in the 852, and I'm yet to hear from the supplier that they can supply  
> item data.



> These messages will be off-putting for most of our readers, many of whom  
> are new
> to using libraries, and the vast majority probably won't ask for help, so  
> I need
> to find a way to sort this out.

> How could I tackle this apart from a huge effort in reader education,  
> modifying


> my copy of Koha, or individually creating thousands of items? I have a  
> couple
> of ideas but don't want to reinvent the wheel so would truly appreciate  
> your help.

> Thanks!
> Jos


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