[Koha-bugs] [Bug 7601] New: Preference for default language for field 008 Range 35-37 (instead of hard coded "eng")

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             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 at gmail.com
        ReportedBy: veron at veron.ch
         QAContact: koha.sekjal at gmail.com


Problem:
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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:
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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:
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--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.)
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I implemented and tested this locally with marc21_field_008.pl (Koha
3.06.02.003)

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