http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7601 Bug #: 7601 Summary: Preference for default language for field 008 Range 35-37 (instead of hard coded "eng") Classification: Unclassified Change sponsored?: --- Product: Koha Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 - low Component: Cataloging AssignedTo: gmcharlt@gmail.com ReportedBy: veron@veron.ch QAContact: koha.sekjal@gmail.com Problem: -------- When a new marc record is added, the language code in field 008 Range 35-37 defaults to Englih ("eng"). This makes cataloguing inefficient and error-prone for librarians if most of the bibliographic data is e.g. in German or in French. Background: ----------- The language code for English (eng) is hard coded in the files ...koha\intranet\cgi-bin\cataloguing\value_builder\marc21_field_008.pl (~Lines 61, 100) and ...koha\intranet\cgi-bin\cataloguing\value_builder\normarc_field_008.pl (~Lines 58, 98) Proposition: ------------ --Step 1 -------------------------- Add somewhere to cataloguing.pref, section "Record Structure" : ----------------------------------- - - Fill in the default language for field 008 Range 35-37 (e.g. eng, nor, ger, see <a href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/language_code.html">MARC Code List for Languages</a>) - pref: DefaultLanguageField008 - " Empty defaults to eng." --Step 2 -------------------------- Change marc21_field_008.pl and normarc_field_008.pl as follows: ----------------------------------- --2a--- Add 3 lines of code at the top of the functions sub plugin_javascript and sub plugin: my $lang = C4::Context->preference('DefaultLanguageField008' ); $lang = "eng" unless $lang; $lang = pack("A3", $lang); The code defaults an empty value to "eng" makes sure that the code has a lenght of 3 letters. --2b--- In both functions, replace hard coded eng with $lang: document.getElementById(\"$field_number\").value='$dateentered' + 't xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 $lang d'; $result = "$dateentered" . "t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 $lang d" unless $result; --Step 3---------------------------------------------------------------------- Login to Koha, go to Home › Administration › System Preferences (Cataloging) and test with empty value and different language codes (ger, ita etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I implemented and tested this locally with marc21_field_008.pl (Koha 3.06.02.003) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.