[Koha-devel] The future of Koha (some ideas and thoughts)

[Thomas D]

What holdings data does NPL map to the biblioitems table?


Thomas D

Quoting Stephen Hedges <shedges at skemotah.com> :
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> 
> Thomas D said:
> > What alterations were done for the customised version of
> bulkmarcimport.pl
> > at NPL?
> 
> Some code was added to the beginning to re-write the MARC
> records (using
> MARC::Record) to split holdings information into two MARC tags
> instead of
> the normal single tag, so that some of the holdings data could
> be mapped
> to biblioitems and the rest to items.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> >
> >
> > Thomas D
> >
> > Quoting Stephen Hedges <shedges at skemotah.com> :
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> >>
> >> I'd like to reinforce Thomas' point about "disintegrating
> >> integrated
> >> library systems" (and also correct a small error).
> >>
> >> NPL now uses BookWhere instead of ITS MARC for cataloging
> >> materials --
> >> which actually reinforces Thomas' point, because NPL was
> able
> >> to switch
> >> from one cataloging application to another without making
> >> changes to Koha.
> >>  This was possible because both cataloging applications
> >> generate MARC
> >> records in a standard format (iso2709), and Koha can import
> >> those
> >> standardized records.  However, Koha is only able to do the
> >> import after
> >> the records have been altered by a customized version of
> >> bulkmarcimport.pl.
> >>
> >> I believe I remember that Paul has already discussed the
> >> notion of
> >> rewriting the Koha cataloging code so that it generates
> files
> >> of records
> >> for import in batches, instead of adding each record as it
> is
> >> created
> >> (which is very slow).  I think it would be wise to aim for
> >> doing this
> >> rewrite in such a way that it also makes it easy for a
> library
> >> to use
> >> their own cataloging utility.  In other words, I suggest
> that
> >> we start the
> >> disintegration process with the cataloging module, making
> it a
> >> "stand-alone" application that _can_ be used with Koha, but
> >> may also be
> >> replaced with another cataloging application of the
> library's
> >> choosing.
> >>
> >> Stephen

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> 
> 
> -- 
> Stephen Hedges
> Skemotah Solutions, USA
> www.skemotah.com  --  shedges at skemotah.com
> 
> 
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