Hello all - hope you
had a great weekend!
I've spent the
better part of 2 days searching for a solution to my librarian's dilemma -- when
she downloads MARC records from vendors then imports, stages and manages
the records, she is having to manually enter each record's item/item type
whenever she tries to checkout anything (that she hasn't yet added the
item/type).
I went into my
troubleshoot/research mode thinking there is:
1. A standard
MARC record format that all vendors use that includes the item
type.
2. A standard
MARC-to-Koha mapping system so the item type is automatically stored
in the koha database.
Being very new to
library systems and Koha, I'm coming up short on answers, so I'm asking for
assistance.
1. Are my
above assumptions correct? If so, what, if anything do I need to do to
turn on the MARC -> Koha mapping?
2. If my
assumptions are wrong, what am I missing and how can I help eliminate this
challenge for my librarian.
Thanks in advance
for taking the time out of your busy schedule to review and assist with
this issue :--)
Rick
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Rick Forristall
Programmer Analyst
Goodwill of Central AZ
602.535.4078
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