Hi, >Also, our old ILS has a database issue that results in incomplete >export of records created from original cataloging. These records >are missing 008 fields. We're working out a method of exporting the >data from the back end and splicing it back into the MARC before >import, but the data imports into Koha without announced or >noticeable errors. I wonder if we're wasting our time. Does Koha >use the 008 field for anything?
I answer on the question about missing 008. I think you can use import without 008 but you loose many indexes based on 008 values. In fact 008 is an important point in a good Marc21 record. If you use Zebra, the definition of indexes are in the file etc/zebradb/marc_defs/marc21/biblios/record.abs The indexes connect with 008 are: date-entered-on-file:n:range(data,0,5),date-entered-on-file:s:range(data,0,5), pubdate:w:range(data,7,4),pubdate:n:range(data,7,4),pubdate:y:range(data,7,4),pubdate:s:range(data,7,4), pl:w:range(data,15,3), ta:w:range(data,22,1), ff8-23:w:range(data,23,1),ff8-29:w:range(data,29,1), lf:w:range(data,33,1), bio:w:range(data,34,1), ln:n:range(data,35,3), ctype:w:range(data,24,4), Record-source:w:range(data,39,0) So I strongly suggest you to insert records with 008. But for test you can insert also data without. Bye Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @) _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
