Hi Galen Correct - # is literal. Not a space. Elaine
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Galen Charlton <g...@esilibrary.com> wrote: > Hi Elaine, > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Elaine Bradtke <e...@efdss.org> wrote: >> >> Here's an example of the imported 008: >> 130515s2006####stka###gr#####000#0#eng#d > > > Just to confirm, for the migrated records, "#" in the 008 represents a > literal hash character, not a space? > >> >> How important is the 008 field in the long term? I know it does >> influence a few display and search functions in Koha. > > > In my view, in general it's worth going to some effort to maintain the 008s, > as the information encoded in them is either not to be found anywhere else > in the record, or if it is, is in the form of free text that can cause > indexing indigestion. For example, I'd rather grab the primary language > from the 008/35-37 than have to parse language names. > > Regards, > > Galen > -- > Galen Charlton > Manager of Implementation > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > email: g...@esilibrary.com > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > skype: gmcharlt > web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > http://evergreen-ils.org -- 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 Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
