[Koha-devel] Re: [important] copyrightdate is not loaded intobiblio table

[Stephen Hedges]

Paul wrote:

> In the MARC part of the DB, the complete 260c 
> field will be stored, of 
> course. So it's possible for the librarian to 
> find what you asked.
> The numeric value is only for the koha-DB. This 
> one is used in opac 
> search (although it should be possible & easy to 
> add MARC search in opac 
> too), and in some lists.
> For example, when you search for a book, the list 
> shows title, author, 
> copyrightdate & nb of items.
> 
> with this explanation, do you change your mind & 
> agree with rosalie ?

Ah, if only the Koha-DB was used to find the record, and the MARC-DB was used 
to display it -- then we'd have the best of both worlds.

But if I have to choose one, I'd have to say that the "stripped" date -- just 
the date, no other information -- is the better thing to store in the Koha-DB.  
That makes searching and administration easier, and it's always possible to re-
work templates later to pull additional information from the 
marc_subfield_table -- right?

Stephen