[Koha] New to the list-- questions about BISAC

[Rachel Hollis]

Welcome! My experience is with DDC, LC and a unique classification schemes. I would think that you'd use MARC 084 for the BISAC classification. I imagine that you will have to input the BISAC classification into each record but other than that, it should be fairly straight-forward. If you use MARC 084 for BISAC, you'll want to map the items to 084.

The Koha Manual (http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual-en/?ch=c18#catprefs) 1.1.4.2.2 DefaultClassificationSource states that classification sources are as follows:
ANSCR (Sound Recordings)
Dewey Decimal Classification
Library of Congress Classification
Other/Generic Classification Scheme
SuDoc Classification (U.S. GPO)
Universal Decimal Classification

Koha items may be mapped to MARC fields. The Koha Manual (http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual-en/?ch=x4912#kohamarcmapping) 1.4.6. Classification Sources states MARC call numbers appear in 050, 074, 082, 084, 086, 090 and 092.

I hope this helps!

Rachel Hollis, librarian
Stevens-Henager College, Boise & Nampa Idaho

From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Randy Smith
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:22 PM
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Subject: [Koha] New to the list-- questions about BISAC

Our library consortium is in the initial stages of moving from Ex Libris to Koha with an entirely new LIS administrator.  The administrator we are considering suggested that I join the list as a place to get answers and advice from people who are using a Koha generated LIS.    I am a reference librarian assigned the task of coming up with the right questions to ask as we go through the process of setting up the profile of what we want our Koha system to do.  The list moderator suggested I introduce myself in  my first post.  Thanks for your patience.

Now for my first question.  We have also decided to drop DDC as a classification system and change to a modification of the BISAC (Book Industry Study Group) headings. For example, instead of "579.17 Dunn" we will have "Medical--Microbiology--Dunn".
Does anyone have any experience using BISAC instead of DDC when using Koha?  What MARC field(s) did you use for classification?  Is there any reason to include the BISAC alpha-numeric code that accompanies each term in  the MARC field? (in this example MED 052000).
Thanks.

Randy Smith
Lewiston City Library
208. 743-6519

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