MARC imports

[Michael Lasater]

Hello all,

I am a student intern assisting with the evaluation of Koha for the
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library.  We are attempting to export some
records from the current ILS (Sirsi) into Koha for testing.  Using the
MARC record import tool in Koha we are able to import records, but no
items.  I wrote a Perl script (I am new to Perl) that modified the MARC
record to include the 952 fields that Koha uses (the current ILS uses
999 for item information).  Importing these modified MARC records using
the same method will import the record and the item, but will not make
the item available ( it says "No physical items for this record").

Have I missed something in the MARC record or should I be using a
different method.  I have heard of others that wrote scripts that add
the item information directly into the databases.  Is that the method I
should pursue or should I continue with the modification of the MARC record?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide.

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Michael Lasater
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
1912 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO  64506

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[Paul POULAIN-2]

Michael Lasater a écrit :
> Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide.

Hi Michael,

1st question : which version ?
2nd question : how do you import those biblios ? (bulkmarcimport ?
through tools/ ? other method ?)

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[Michael Lasater]

Sorry for the lack of information.  I am using a version of Koha 3 which is about a week old which I downloaded using Git.  I am using the import functions that are in the tools menu of Koha.  I have also used bulkmarcimport  from the command line and had the same results.

Thank you.

Paul POULAIN wrote:

Michael Lasater a écrit :
  

Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide.
    

Hi Michael,

1st question : which version ?
2nd question : how do you import those biblios ? (bulkmarcimport ? 
through tools/ ? other method ?)

  

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[Michael Lasater]

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Hello,

This is a record from the original MARC export:

01293pam  22003254a 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036010001700077020001800094020001500112035002700127040003200154050002300186082001300209100001900222245009600241260008200337300002600419651005200445650005200497650004600549600005100595650004600646651005400692650003700746650004500783651003700828999010200865BK0007443582OCoLC20080319000000.0071031s2008    cau           000 0deng    a  2007043547  a9781593761691  a1593761694  a(Sirsi) i9781593761691  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdYDXCP00aF595.3b.S735 200800a978.2221 aStegner, Page.10aAdios, amigos :btales of sustenance and purification in the American West /cPage Stegner.  aBerkeley, CA :bCounterpoint :bDistributed by Publishers Group West,cc2008.  axiv, 206 p. ;c24 cm. 0aWest (U.S.)xDescription and travelvAnecdotes. 0aWild and scenic riverszWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes. 0aWilderness areaszWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes.10aStegner, PagexTravelzWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes. 0aRafting (Sports)zWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes. 0aWest (U.S.)xEnvironmental conditionsvAnecdotes. 0aEcologyzWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes. 0aNatural historyzWest (U.S.)vAnecdotes. 0aWest (U.S.)xHistoryvAnecdotes.  a978 STEwDEWEYc1i32003000651899lINPROCESSmSAVANNAHp$24.00rYsYtBOOKu6/10/2008x900zADULT


Here is the same record after I have run my script on it:

01094nam  22002418  4500001001300000005001700013008004100030020001500071035002700086040001900113050002000132082001200152100004300164245007200207260005800279300004100337504005100378520015200429650001300581650002800594999012400622952010600746BK000414205320030925071029.0030925s2003    enkab    b    001 0 eng d  a0198606648  a(Sirsi) i9780198606642  aNjBwBTcNjBwBT14aQ126b.A85 200304a5002211 aAtkins, P. W.q(Peter William),d1940-10aGalileo's finger :bthe ten great ideas of science /cPeter Atkins.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2003.  aviii, 380 p. :bill., maps ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aA fresh take on the ten most important ideas in the history of science looks at such concepts as the expanding universe and the notion of the atom. 0aScience. 0aDiscoveries in science.  a500 ATKwDEWEYc1i31989204164732d5/18/2004e5/11/2004lSTACKSmEASTSIDEn2p$30.00rYsYtBOOKu9/26/2003x500zADULT  p319892041647324004bEASTSIDE10o500 ATKd9/26/2003850072cSTACKS2ddcg$30.00yBOOKaRHCLBB

Thank you,



Emmanuel Di Pretoro wrote:

Can you send a sample of your MARC file?

2008/7/23 Michael Lasater <mlasater@...>:

Sorry for the lack of information.  I am using a version of Koha 3 which is about a week old which I downloaded using Git.  I am using the import functions that are in the tools menu of Koha.  I have also used bulkmarcimport  from the command line and had the same results.

Thank you.

Paul POULAIN wrote:

Michael Lasater a écrit :
  

Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide.
    

Hi Michael,

1st question : which version ?
2nd question : how do you import those biblios ? (bulkmarcimport ? 
through tools/ ? other method ?)

  

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Michael Lasater
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
1912 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO  64506
    

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