[Koha] Importing MARC records with items

[Sean Carte]

Thank you, John and Mark, that should be enough to get me started.

Sean

On 18 April 2018 at 14:07, John Sterbenz <jsterben at umich.edu> wrote:

> The user manual used to have a great table listing all of the 952 fields,
> which ones were required (with a default installation and with the loading
> of defaults during the web installer) and which ones were required (for
> circulation).  A quick search and I am unable to find that table in the
> 17.11 version of the manual found on the website under
> https://koha-community.org/documentation/.
>
> I used it so much during my migration I made a separate copy of just those
> pages.  I don't believe anything has changed here:
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__rFSyBuUz1bHpZT25Sd1FKMVRlVXNOO
> FYxZG9uM2w0U2Vj/view?usp=sharing
>
> Migrating from an Innovative server, I used MarcEdit to create 952 fields
> for my item records and then loaded bibs and items at the same time.  This
> was a few years ago, but I recall the trickiest part for me was combining
> the call number information, previously in two separate subfields in the
> bib record, into a single subfield as required by the 952.
>
> John
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Mark Alexander <marka at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Excerpts from Sean Carte's message of 2018-04-18 10:44:45 +0200:
> > > I have records that I have exported from SirsiDynix Symphony that I'm
> > > trying to import into a new instance of Koha. The bib records load, but
> > the
> > > items are not added.
> > >[...]
> > > 952
> > >
> > > *_a*657 GAA V.1
> >
> > This doesn't look quite right to me.  According to the holdings table
> > in the wiki:
> >
> > https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx)
> >
> > 952$a and 952$b should contain the branch codes for owning library
> > and holding library, respectively.  Your 952$a doesn't look like
> > a branch code, and I don't see a 952$b.
> >
> > When I imported our Mandarin catalog to Koha, my script set the following
> > rather minimal holding fields, and that seemed to be enough:
> >
> >  942$c - item type
> >  952$8 - collection code
> >  952$a - owning library
> >  952$b - holding library
> >  952$c - location code
> >  952$d - acquisition date
> >  952$o - call number
> >  952$p - barcode
> >  952$v - price
> >  952$y - item type
> >
> > Note that you need to have previously set up the authorized values for
> > collection
> > codes and location codes for this to work.
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