On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Indranil Das Gupta <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi again, > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > this is more of a query for the catalogers. At the 39th character, of > 008, > > Koha offers - #, c, d, u, | > I think it probably varies from one record to the next in many libraries. All the records we've uploaded from our old database were marked d for other, because we created them ourselves. > > > > Are this values arbitrary? Would it be correct to encode an additional > > value in the plugin template for a specific library? > It would not be correct to add another value. #, c, d, u, | are your only choices. > or should I stick with > > using 040 for that purpose? > Yes, 040 expands on 008_39 - that's where our Library code UkLoVW goes for the records that are marked d in 008_39 > > > > Since posting this, I read up > > http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd040.html > > and > > http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2009/2009-dp05.html I use the MARC site all the time. Especially for the 008 field! http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008.html > > I guess that mostly answers my own question. Still I would be happy to hear > from the experienced folks around :) > > thanks > > -- > Indranil Das Gupta > > Phone : +91-98300-20971 > Blog : http://indradg.randomink.org/blog > IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net > Twitter : indradg > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Please exchange editable Office documents only in ODF Format. No other > format is acceptable. Support Open Standards. > > For a free editor supporting ODF, please visit LibreOffice - > http://www.documentfoundation.org > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
