[Koha] Barcode population/import

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 1:33 AM, tony.h <tony.hetrick at keiin.kg> wrote:
> What are the best options for going about this?
> 1) Does Koha have an auto-barcode generation tool? If so, where is it?
> 2) What is the procedure for importing a list of barcodes that correspond to
> the matching ISBN number?

Another option is this: starting in Koha 3.14.0. there is a system
preference that you can turn on called itemBarcodeFallbackSearch.
Turning it on enables you to retrieve titles for checkout using a
keyword search instead of a barcode lookup.

Note that for this feature to work, you still need to have something
in the barcode column of the items table, but it can just be a
sequentially assigned number.  For example, if that column is blank or
null in all rows in your database, you could do something like this:

UPDATE items SET barcode = itemnumber;

You can then set the autoBarcode system preference to continue the
sequence for any new items you add via Koha's staff interface.

Regards,

Galen
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