[Koha] MARC records

Nicole Engard nengard at gmail.com
Tue May 4 23:32:35 NZST 2010


Ken,

I can help with #2.

When I was cataloging I would use:
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/default.htm to keep track of what data
I'm supposed to put in what field.

Nicole

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Ken Lomax <ken at lomax.gen.nz> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have recently installed Koha 3.0.5 on a standalone machine (Debian
> Lenny) for a small personal library (about 800 holdings).
>
> In the past (a couple of years ago) I tried to install the then current
> version on Fedora, but had too many problems, both with the installation
> and then using Koha itself.
>
> Happy to report the latest install and the software is a big improvement.
>
> Just two things though:
>
> 1) Like a recent thread I am finding the response of Koha to be very slow.
> This was from initial setup. I have about 60 holdings loaded and it is the
> same as initially with no holdings. I am the only user accessing the
> system. The machine is a reasonable size PC and so I would have thought
> there would not be too much problem, so I am surpirsed at the slowness
> (generally about 5 seconds to respond to any request). Opac is the same as
> Koha.
>
> 2) I am using z3950 for my cataloging whever I can and making
> modifications as required for myself. As this is only a small personal
> library, it is not critical. However I tend to like to do things
> *properly* whenever possible. I am more of a computer person than a
> librarian, so I am looking for a newbies guide to cataloging (and using
> MARC). Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
> Ken
>
>
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