I've done this a few ways. It depends on if you will need to match incoming data to the records after you import them.
I generally leave the legacy bib id in a 9xx tag (either 998 or 907), however if you want to match against that number in the import stage marc records you will want to use a field that is indexed. Another good choice is the 001 (control-number) if you are not already using that field for some other purpose. joy On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Craig Butosi <craig.but...@rcmusic.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > Koha 16.05 on Ubuntu 14.04, package install. > > A brief question about bibliographic record unique identifiers and > importing records into an empty Koha instance: > > Is it advisable to map the unique ID numbers from a legacy system's > bibliographic records to Koha 999c/d? I am attempting to find a way to > connect our items database data to our bibliographics data once the latter > has been uploaded to Koha. I imagine the best way to do this is to preserve > the unique IDs (i.e., primary key in biblio, foreign key in items) from the > legacy system, but I'm not quite sure how I should go about mapping this: > should I go for Koha 999c/d, Marc 887, or some other field? The record > matching module in Koha gives me much choice, but what does the collective > wisdom think? > > Thank you! > > C > > Craig Butosi, MA, MLIS, B Mus (Hons.) > LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER > the royal conservatory > TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning > 273 Bloor Street West > Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 > 416.408.2824 x338 > www.rcmusic.ca<http://www.rcmusic.ca/> > > > > Note: This email message and any attachments are intended only for the use > of the individual to which it is addressed, and may contain information > that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. If the recipient of this email is not the intended > recipient (or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the email to > the intended recipient), you are hereby notified that any review, > dissemination, distribution or copying or other use of this message is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete this > message and attachments from your system, thank you. > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Joy Nelson Director of Migrations ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com> Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Office: Fort Worth, TX Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
