[Koha-devel] acquisition and cataloguing (again...)

[paul POULAIN]

Hi all,

The 1.9.1 is almost ready to be released.
In this version cataloguing and acquisition are fully working (at least, 
I'll ask you to test if it is :-) )

Please take a deep look at this mail, and answer the ending question if 
you have an opinion/idea.

How it will work :
* as we spoke before, they are 2 differents processes.

ACQUISITION
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* search/select the supplier
* select *order* option
* search for a book,
* select it if it's in the DB and you just want to buy a new item.
* you add a new (small) biblio if you must create a new biblio
* when item recieved, you complete some informations (barcode...)

that's all.

CATALOGUING
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* search book in catalogue option, or, at your option in MARC option 
(new menu in top of screen)
* depending on MARC system parameter (ON or OFF), the biblio is shown in 
standard form, or in MARC.
* select "edit" link.
* modify the biblio and/or items (in MARC or standard form, depending on 
the form you were looking at).
* You can at any time split between normal and MARC form of the biblio.
* At your option, you can enter biblio directly from MARC menu, without 
acquisition process.

FUTURE
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With such a way to do, we should be able to add in the MARC menu a 
"commercial cataloguing import" to import complete notices from a 
"commercial" CDROM and automatically replace the manually entered 
notice. It will be done after 2.0 i think.

RFC
====
My question is around z39.50.
I plan to add a link in some biblio acquisition that will "magically" 
find biblio from z39.50 servers.
The idea is :
* i'm entering a biblio, that is not in breeding farm or is poorly 
entered in koha.
* I clic on "magic z39.50" link
* a page appears and shows notices founded from z39.50 servers (with 
same ISBN/ISSN or title/author)
* the user selects whatever he wants.
* koha goes back to biblio entering, with magically entered values.

Such a feature could be possible :
* during direct MARC cataloguing (the one without acquisition process)
* during biblio modification

What do you think of this idea ? it will be implemented after 1.9.1, as 
it's a non-trivial job (for 2.0RC1 probably).

-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)