[Koha] Advice on barcode replacement/central catalog

[Nicole Engard]

Nick you should share that here:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_plugins until we have a
better place to share plugins.

Nicole

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nick Clemens <nick at quecheelibrary.org> wrote:
> While I agree that it is easier to update barcodes before hand, we had some
> libraries do this after the fact so I put together a very simple Koha
> plugin to allow you to scan an item's barcode, then scan a new barcode and
> have it changed in the system.
>
> You can get it here if it seems useful:
> http://wikisend.com/download/347282/upbarc.kpz
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Katelyn Browne <kbrowne at ccpcs.org> wrote:
>
>> I think you could use the same prepending process shown here with call
>> number prefixes:
>> http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/marcedit.html#marceditprefix
>>
>> Biblionumber is internal; you don't have to provide it.
>>
>> At a gut-feeling level, I would strongly support changing barcodes before
>> you import.
>>
>> --Katelyn.
>>
>> Katelyn Browne
>> High School Librarian & Technology Teacher
>> Capital City Public Charter School
>> 100 Peabody Street NW
>> Washington, DC 20011
>> (202) 387-0309 x1745
>> kbrowne at ccpcs.org
>> http://www.ccpcs.org/library/
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > If you are merely importing MARC records, then why not batch update them
>> > in MARC Edit first, before importing into Koha?
>> > http://bywatersolutions.com/2012/01/18/using-marcedit-to-add-koha-items/
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what functionality in MARC Edit would pre-append something
>> to
>> > the barcode like SITEA, SITEB, SITEC, etc., but I'm pretty sure that
>> > functionality exists.
>> >
>> > GPML,
>> > Mark Tompsett
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