[Koha] Rancor/advanced bib editor at next Cataloging SIG meeting

Hi! The next meeting of the Koha-US Cataloging SIG is Thursday, March 5, 2020, 8am – 9am PT (9 MT/10 CT/11 ET), https://zoom.us/j/861480992 (Open to all!) Topic: Advanced Bibliographic Editor/Rancor Round Table! Join us for a live Rancor walk-through in a real, live Koha catalog!!! Experim

[Koha] CatSIG recording up, next meeting

Hi! The recording of today's session about the Advanced Bib Editor/"Rancor" is now available on the Koha-US YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggDm-7O7ms&feature=youtu.be (Yes, I wore my pearls, and wasn't once tempted to clutch them!) Our next round table will be Thurs., Apr. 2,

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] CHAT: a new Adventure of Fred and the Avenging Chicken!

Dear "Two Sheds," Thank you and the Avenging Chicken so much for brightening my day!! Just wonderful! --h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 M

[Koha] Authorities at the next Cataloging SIG meeting

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging SIG (Special Interest Group) meeting is going to be about authorities! Are you doing an authority file clean up? Headings clean up? Do you want to? Wondering about merging authority records? Do you even wonder what authorities even are? Please join us

[Koha] Authorities Cataloging SIG recording up

Hi, all! The recording of today's Koha-US Cataloging SIG about authorities is up at https://youtu.be/J2WddLD41uQ with a link to the chat file that contains links to resources, tips and tricks. It was a great session looking at getting free authority records from the Library of Congress (and

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Report help needed

Hi, Elaine! I am the newbiest of SQL report newbies, but I tend to "speak MARC21," and found a different report on the Koha Wiki that I was able to tweak and it seems to work in our catalog to retrieve all bibs with a Leader position 06 value of "a:" SELECT biblionumber, title, author, Extract

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Report help needed

Hi, Michael-- That's fantastic!! Thank you so much for sharing it! Best, h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor

[Koha] Cataloging SIG this Thursday

Hi! For the next Koha-US Cataloging SIG meeting, this Thursday, June 4 @ 8 am – 9 am PT (9 MT/10 CT/11 ET in the United States), we're continuing our discussion of building a catalog without OCLC, and we're going to try something a little different! Before the SIG, I suggest viewing this free

[Koha] Notes from Cat-SIG, June 4, 2020

Hi, all-- Our Koha-US Cataloging SIG meeting on June 4 was not recorded, but here are the notes from the meeting: Information on the Koha-US Cataloging SIG is here, open to everyone (you don't need to be a Koha-US member to join): http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ MarcEdit and batch

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] OCLC Z39.50 set up in Koha

Thank you for all of this, Heather! Best, other heather:) ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA

[Koha] Koha Cataloging SIG on Sept. 3

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging SIG (Special Interest Group) round table, is tomorrow Sept. 3, 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (US time zones) open to all--you don't have to be a Koha-US member to join us, nor do you have to call yourself a cataloger! We'll start by looking at related formats, l

[Koha] MARC21 fields that could be generated for related, online book record

Hi, dear Koha Community! At the last Koha-US Cataloging SIG meeting (recording here: https://youtu.be/dzSaJYkayVA ), we had the pleasure of actual Koha developer Tomas attending and we talked about how nice it would be if Koha had a function where we could generate related records that had some

[Koha] Bugzilla CC searching & saved searches

Hi! I'm trying to create a saved search in Bugzilla for all the bugs where my email address is in the CC field, so I've selected: Search Advanced search tab Search by people a CC list member contains And then if I put in: heather Or my complete email address: heather_hernan...@nps.gov I retrie

Re: [Koha] Bugzilla CC searching & saved searches

Hi, Katrin! Thank you so much--I *knew* I was missing something in constructing my search, but just couldn't see it! I appreciate your help! Best, h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime N

[Koha] Nov. Cat SIG, reports

Hi! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group meeting is this Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, open to all--you don't have to be a Koha-US member to join! Can't make it? No worries--it will be recorded and posted to the Koha-US YouTube channel. For November ou

[Koha] Dec. Cataloging SIG meeting this Thursday!

Hi! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group meeting is this Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, open to all--you don't have to be a Koha-US member to join! Can't make it? No worries--it will be recorded and posted to the Koha-US YouTube channel. December's topi

Re: [Koha] Authority controlled fields for publisher

Hi, Peter! I think one reason that the documentation might be lacking for trying to authority control 260 subfields is that this isn't a very standard thing to do, since 260 (and 264) are supposed to be transcribed to aid in identification of the title. Would your client accept a more standard

Re: [Koha] Koha] CHAT: Another Adventure of Fred and the Avenging Chicken

Thank you so much for this, Fred! It really brightened my day, especially the local restaurants and the wildlife sanctuary! Have a great weekend! h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime Na

[Koha] Koha-US Education Committee mtg Wed., May 19

Hello! The next meeting of the Koha-US Education Committee will be Wednesday morning, May 19, 2021, at 8:30 PT/9:30 MT/10:30 CT/11:30 ET, and is open to all (you don't need to be a member of Koha-US to attend). Info on joining the meeting here: https://koha-us.org/event/koha-us-education-commit

[Koha] June 3 CatSIG, cataloging-tastic!

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("Cat SIG") meeting is tomorrow, June 3, 2021, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable of questions,

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: [koha-US Mailing List] June 3 CatSIG, cataloging-tastic!

Sent: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 10:09 PM To: Hernandez, Heather H Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [koha-US Mailing List] June 3 CatSIG, cataloging-tastic! This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. Hola: espero

[Koha] July 1 CatSIG, cataloging-tastic!

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("Cat SIG") meeting is tomorrow, July 1, 2021, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable of questions,

[Koha] Koha-US Education Committee seeking new chair

Hi! The meeting notes from today's Koha-US Education Committee are below--we're looking for a new chair! Due to staffing changes at my work, I'm busier than ever and will probably remain so at least until the end of this calendar year--are you looking for a way to be more involved in the commu

[Koha] Two CatSIGs this month!

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("Cat SIG") meeting is Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable of questi

Re: [Koha] Conference registration, who to contact for help?

Hi, Tasha-- The Koha-US Conference is going to be livestreamed via YouTube, e.g. here: https://youtu.be/H5HshJDn8GU Attending remotely is free, but registering as a remote attendee is appreciated, I believe, because it helps the planning. And you could probably get some assistance via i...@koha-

[Koha] Next Cataloging SIG!

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("Cat SIG") meeting is this Thursday, October 7, 2021, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET, and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable of que

[Koha] Special CatSIG Sept. 22

Hi! We'll be having a special Cataloging Special Interest Group meeting during KohaCon! No special memberships or registrations required and you don't even have to self-identify as a cataloger--open to all! Have questions about cataloging? Biblio records? Item records? Not sure if it's ca

[Koha] Next Koha-US CatSIG Oct. 5

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") meeting is this Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC) and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable

Re: [Koha] Some very sad news.

I will light a candle and raise a glass to Rosalie's memory, and keep her family and all who knew her in my heart today. May memories of her bring comfort, h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian Library catalog:

[Koha] December Cataloging SIG

Hi, all! The next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") meeting is this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC) and you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! You don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! Join us for our usual roundtable

[Koha] Two January CatSIGs!

Hi, all! Guess what? There will be more Cataloging fun in January 2023! Yes—there will be two​ Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") meetings! Our regular one, the first Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC) and another​ one on Thursday, January 26

Re: [Koha] Batch update of bib records - non-public note

Hi, Ravi-- > I would like to add unique note (note would be different to many records) > to all the bibliographic records of Koha in non-public note field - 952x. Would the Batch Item Modification tool be easier for what you have in mind? Since the 952x is an item record field, I usually use th

[Koha] Next CatalogingSIG

Hi, all! There will be two​ Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") meetings in January! Our regular one is soon, Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC) and another​ one on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 1(13:00)PT / 4(16:00)ET /9NZT / 20UTC! And sinc

[Koha] Special CatalogingSIG at later time!

Hi, all! The second​ Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") January meeting is coming up on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 1(13:00)PT / 4(16:00)ET /9NZT / 20UTC! You don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, so we're hoping the different times will make it possible for mor

[Koha] Next CatSIG coming up!

Hi, all! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! (So soon after the January ones? Sure! Cataloging never sleeps! OK, cat

[Koha] March CatSIG!

Hi, all! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! (So soon after the January ones? Sure! Cataloging never sleeps! OK, catalo

Re: [Koha] Cataloging in Koha for dummies

Hi, Aida! I know nothing about UNIMARC, so I'm afraid I'm not much help with it. Luckily, there are a lot of people on these email lists who are, so I hope they'll answer! All my suggestions were based on MARC21, and the fields you mention are not MARC21, so please disregard my suggestions!

[Koha] Two April CatSIGs

Hi, all! Our next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") is on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! But wait! There's more! The second​ CatSIG April meeting

Re: [Koha] Two April CatSIGs

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[Koha] Special CatSIG at a later time!

Hi, all! The second​ Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") April meeting is coming up on Thursday April 27, 2023, at 1(13:00)PT / 4(16:00)ET / 9(21:00)UTC, Friday April 28, 2023, 8:00 NZST! You don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, so we're hoping the different times

[Koha] May CatSIG!

Hi, all! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! And remember that you don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger! There w

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: One biblio record not visible in staff interface or OPAC

Hi, Aida! > UseControlNumber to Use record control number ($w subfields) and control > number (001) for linking of bibliographic records. ... I also remember reading > something about this not being a good choice if you have serials and > if you are planning to catalog articles. We have serials a

Re: [Koha] How To Add OCLC in Koha Z39.50 Server.

Hello! Michael wrote: > Thus I assume the Z30.50 service of OCLC is not freely available > but you will need to obtain a valid userId and password... This is correct. OCLC is a paid service—it is not free. One must pay for the credentials necessary to get records, both bib and aut records. Ch

Re: [Koha] Elasticsearch authority sorting giving unexpected results

Yea!!! Thank you, Aleisha! I'm waiting for a sandbox to finishing provisioning so I can try signing off!! --h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian Library catalog: https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ San Franc

[Koha] Item search results displaying 264 publishing info?

Hi! I use the Item Search (by call number) in the staff interface for shelflisting, because it can sort Library of Congress call numbers correctly, and I've noticed that my recently cataloged items which have the publication information in the MARC21 264 field have a blank "Publisher" in the se

Re: [Koha] Item search results displaying 264 publishing info?

Hi, Caroline! Aha! Thank you! We don't have a 264 field in our Koha to MARC mapping at all! We're supported by ByWater, so I'll work with them to get it added. And thank you, also, Andrew! I'm glad I asked this on this list, though, because we might not be the only library that implemented

Re: [Koha] Transcribing agency

Hi! I agree with Katrin—making the 040 subfields optional in Koha is fine. But I think it's a very good idea to get an institution code and to use it, since it's very helpful if you eventually share your cataloging records. (And it's a typical thing for a library to think when starting out th

[Koha] Religious holidays with shifting dates

Hi, Aida-- I wasn't able to replicate the problem—it worked for me. We're on 22.05.11.000, and here's what I did: Tools > Calendar I selected July 3, then in the "To date..." I chose July 4. (We're going to be closed these two days.) Then I selected the "Holidays on a range" radio button. It

Re: [Koha] Religious holidays with shifting dates

Hi, Aida! I used a 23.05 demo site listed at: https://koha-community.org/demo/ and was unable to replicate the problems, but I may not be doing exactly what you're doing. Can you try with a 23.05 demo? If you can replicate the problems in a 23.05 demo, then you've probably found a bug and can

Re: [Koha] Religious holidays with shifting dates

> Why this time and not the others? Only Gaea knows why she turns... So true! Without these little oddities, work would be boring!:) Cheerio! h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers) Technical Services Librarian Library catalog: https://

[Koha] MARC preview on auts vs. bibs?

Hi! We've just been upgraded to 22.11 (I LOVE IT!!!) and the MARC preview of authority records is working, but it's different from the MARC preview for bibliographic records and, well, I don't like it. The MARC preview for auts has all the tag labels (e.g., 455 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GENRE/FOR

Re: [Koha] How to limit number of copies?

Hi! This seems like a typo that I could see myself making, Victor! I couldn't find a way to set a limit for adding multiple copies, so if someone knows of a way to do it, I'd be very interested! If there's no way to do it currently, I think it would be a useful enhancement. I once did someth

Re: [Koha] MARC preview on auts vs. bibs?

Hi, Katrin! Does Bug 30131 touch on this or cover this? (I commented on it, just in case.) Or is my issue about making the aut MARC preview match the bib MARC preview completely separate? Thank you! h2 ~~~ Ms. Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers

Re: [Koha] MARC preview on auts vs. bibs?

Fischer Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 12:38 PM To: Hernandez, Heather H ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Koha] MARC preview on auts vs. bibs? This email has been received from outside of DOI - Use caution before clicking on links, opening attachments, or responding. Hi H

[Koha] Two CatSIGs in July!

Hi, all! Our next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") is on Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! But wait! There's more! The second​ CatSIG July meeting is

[Koha] Upcoming CatSIGs!

Hi, all! Our next Koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group ("CatSIG") is on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at a later time, 1(13:00)PT / 4(16:00)ET / Friday at 9NZT / 20UTC! You don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! For the rest of the year, we'll hold our regular monthly meetings on the

[Koha] August CatSIG

Hi, Koha Community! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! And remember that you don't even need to self-identify as a catalo

[Koha] Two CatSIGs in September!

Hi, Koha Community! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, September 6, 2023, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And since you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us, we're hoping you'll join us! And remember that you don't even need to self-identify as a cat

Re: [Koha] Request for Listing a Paid Service Provider, Texas, USA based.

Hi, Rudy! I don't handle the listings, but I noticed on your website an error—the name of the library system software is "Koha," not "KOHA." It's a beautiful Maori word (not an acronym), and there's more info here on its meaning: The Koha Logo : Origins and Explanation - Koha Wiki (koha-commun

Re: [Koha] Documentation - Are automated screenshots the way to go?

Hi, Caroline! First, love the kitty! Second, this sounds really interesting! I have contributed to the manual, and it was easier than I thought and a great way to contribute to the community. I'm going to try to attend the documentation meeting as well. And, yes, y'all are, indeed, very nic

[Koha] Next Cataloging SIG!

Hi, Koha Community! Our next Cataloging Special Interest Group is on Thursday, January 4, 2024, at 8 PT, 9 MT, 10 CT, 11 ET (16:00 UTC)! And you don't have to be a member of Koha-US to join us! We're hoping you'll join us! And remember that you don't even need to self-identify as a cataloger!