On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:05 PM, 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? > We are using a literal '#' (hash). Your question prompted me to check the MARC21 standard, specifically http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specrecstruc.html where we find the following notacion on the documenation: *blank (SP).* ASCII character 20(hex) (represented graphically in MARC 21 documentation as [image: ASCII character 20 (hex)] or #), which is used in * indicators* and data elements containing coded values (and occurs in data content). Generally, blank stands for "undefined," but in some instances it has been assigned a meaning. ASCII name is space. So our MARC is has # where it should have ' '. We'll fix this and re-evaluate this problem. This interpretation is not obvious from the specification. -Doug- > > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
