[Koha] Destiny to Koha Marc Import - How to get barcode information in the right field in Koha?

[Joy Nelson]

Joseph-
I concur with Katrin.  Koha 'natively' uses the 952 tag to store item
data.  You will avoid untold problems by moving the data from the 852 tag
to the 952 tag.
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx)

I would recommend using MarcEdit interface to Koha to make the edits
necessary.  Here is a link that shows how MarcEdit interfaces with Koh.
http://bywatersolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/MarcEditUpdate.swf
 Alternatively you can export your records, manipulate them in whatever
marceditor tool you choose and then reimport the records using a match rule
to match on the 999c (biblionumber).

-joy

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Katrin Fischer <Katrin.Fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> a MARC21 installation of Koha expects the item information in field 952
> and the subfields as pre-defined in the Koha-to-MARC-Mappings. You could
> in theory reconfigure Koha, but it will give you a lot of headache, as
> you would also have to adjust all the Zebra indexes. I'd strongly
> recommend changing the data to match Koha's item definitions before
> importing instead.
>
> 952$aBranchcode
> 952$bBranchcode
> 952$pBarcode
> 952$yItemtype code
> ...
>
> More information about the item fields can be found in the manual.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
> Am 21.01.2016 um 17:24 schrieb Lamb Joseph:
> > I have uploaded an export of Destiny in my test Koha database. I cannot
> search for the bar code when checking out a book. The bar code information
> is in 852 $p. I can search and find the bar code using search catalog
> function.
> > How do I map 852 field/P sub-field to Koha database to populate the bar
> code field?
> > I have created a new framework for Books. I also created a Keyword to
> MARC mapping. I put in bar code to 852 sub-field P.
> > After I import the MARC records from Destiny, Koha does not register an
> Item Type on the Holdings tab. So how do I created a book from the marc
> record?
> > Not sure if I am heading in the right direction. Any advice is
> appreciated. Joseph Lamb
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