[Koha] Use of indicators in field 245

[Giacomo Visini]

Hi Philippe,

Thanks for the reply!

The second indicator in field 245, according to the MARC 21 rules, should indeed be used to skip possible articles (i.e. The, Le, La, Les, De, Het, etc.) when indexing. But in Koha, or in our case anyway, these indicators don’t seem to be working. Most of our records have the indicators filled in, but it doesn’t affect indexation. No characters are skipped, even if the second indicator is filled in.

So my question is: what’s the point of filling in these indicators, if they don’t do what they are supposed to do?

Are there any libraries in the Koha community who use the indicators of 245? And do the indicators do what they’re supposed to do?

Again, thank you for any reply.

Kind regards,

Giacomo Visini I Bibliotheekmedewerker
DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds
Gildekamersstraat 9, B-2000 Antwerpen
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Van: Philippe Blouin <philippe.blouin at inlibro.com>
Verzonden: woensdag 18 september 2019 14:36
Aan: Giacomo Visini <Giacomo.VISINI at divaantwerp.be>; koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
Onderwerp: Re: [Koha] Use of indicators in field 245


I'd need to check the index file, but normally ind2's use is to skip the first X characters when ordering.  Ex to skip "The" at the beginning of a title.
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On 2019-09-18 3:06 a.m., Giacomo Visini wrote:

Hi fellow Koha users,



Just a quick question. Can someone shed a light on the use of the indicators in field 245? Since our conversion to Koha we stopped using them, but data from previous systems has these indicators filled in. Upon inspection, in most cases the given value is even wrong somehow (0's are 1's etc.). But it doesn't seem to affect indexation.



So my question is, is there no need to fill in the indicators of field 245? Do you guys use them? For what purpose?



For the sake of exhaustivity: we are currently using version 18.11.06.000



Thanks in advance for any replies.



Kind regards,



Giacomo Visini I Bibliotheekmedewerker

DIVA, Antwerp Home of Diamonds

Gildekamersstraat 9, B-2000 Antwerpen

T + 32 3 360 52 42

giacomo.visini at divaantwerp.be<mailto:giacomo.visini at divaantwerp.be><mailto:giacomo.visini at divaantwerp.be><mailto:giacomo.visini at divaantwerp.be>



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