[Koha] Items for bulk ebook MARC records

Jared Camins-Esakov camins at numismatics.org
Tue Jun 8 08:20:24 NZST 2010


Jos,

If these are all ebooks, do they have 856 fields? If so, perhaps you 
could modify the "Summary" in the item type. I've never tried this, but 
there's a note that says "Enter a summary that will overwrite the 
default one in search results lists. Example, for a website itemtype :
*<a href="[856u]">open site</a>* will show the link just below the 
title." That sounds to me like what you want. I think. Maybe. At least, 
maybe it's worth a try. I'm running 3.2alpha, but hopefully that feature 
is in 3.0, too.

Regards,
Jared

On 6/7/2010 6:08 AM, Jos Black 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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