Hi Koustabha, If we are going to keep information in a MARC field, why not put the file name directly. That way, it doesn't have to be only a number, I could have HarryPotter_V1.jpg or even a remote path. I looked up the MARC standard and it would make sense to store the path to the file in the 856$u field, specifying Image (or Cover) in the $3 field. There is such an example in http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ad856.html. *856* *4#**$3*image*$u*http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/joconde/joconde.jpg A syspref could also be added for a base directory in which are located the files. My 2 cents, Eric On 2010-12-11 07:14, Koustubha Kale wrote:

Hi Ian,

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Ian Bays<ian.bays@ptfs-europe.com> wrote:

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Hi Koustubha That's a great feature to add to Koha. Congratulations on this. The only part that I worry about is using the bibliomumber for access: If you were to ever re-install and wanted to export the bib data and re-import then you would be likely to get different biblionumbers for records, so you would lose the link to the images. I would have thought that there should be some unique number or code for each title which you might put into a tag such as the 024 MARC21 tag (Other Standard Identifier): http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd024.html Maybe have the tag and subfield as a system pref? Valid point about the export and re-import and a good idea of linking with a marc tag. Thank you.

Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation

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