[Koha] Koha Extra Records

[Bob Birchall]

There's often more than one way to do things.  Olugbenga's solution is 
quicker and easier.  I'm glad it worked for you.
Bob


On 16/10/14 00:26, Chrispin Simasiku Sitali wrote:
> Hello, Mr Olugbenga Adara,
>
> Thanks for your solution. It worked liked a charm. I am now able to import
> records from the reservoir into Koha through the cataloguing module. Thank
> you so much.
>
> I also tried Bob Birchall solution too but did not know how to log into the
> Koha instance, create the instance as Z39.50 server and import the records.
> I failed and I think its mainly because of my limited knowledge. I will
> continue trying. Thanks a million though
>
> On 15 October 2014 07:57, Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <libsitali at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mr Olugbenga,
>>
>> I am very fine. I will try your solution and inform you of the outcome the
>> course of the day
>>
>> On 15 October 2014 05:55, Olugbenga Adara <gbengaadara at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Crispin,
>>>
>>> How are you doing?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Chrispin Simasiku Sitali <
>>> libsitali at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings Koha Community,
>>>>
>>>> I am at my wits end. I have a marc file with 10 000 records on it. I want
>>>> to have this in my Koha installation for searching only. I am currently
>>>> cataloguing some books and I want to use this for searching through only,
>>>> if I find a marching record for a particular book then I import it in my
>>>> collection. When I finish cataloguing I then delete the collection
>>>> because
>>>> I may not need it any more Please how do I go about it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I believe what you need to do is to get the MARC records staged for
>>> import but not actually complete the import. Then when you make a search in
>>> the cataloging module, you should get a hit from the reservoir which would
>>> have the records you staged for import.
>>>
>>> Go to  " Tools > Stage MARC records for import " then import the file,
>>> don't follow through with the last step of importing into the catalog.
>>>
>>> Once done with the cataloging, go to " Tools > Staged MARC management "
>>> and you should be able to clean the records from the reservoir.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Olugbenga Adara
>>>
>>> Skype: gbengaadara
>>>
>>
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>

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