[Koha-devel] MARC imports

[Michael Lasater]

Hello all,

I am a student intern assisting with the evaluation of Koha for the 
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library.  We are attempting to export some 
records from the current ILS (Sirsi) into Koha for testing.  Using the 
MARC record import tool in Koha we are able to import records, but no 
items.  I wrote a Perl script (I am new to Perl) that modified the MARC 
record to include the 952 fields that Koha uses (the current ILS uses 
999 for item information).  Importing these modified MARC records using 
the same method will import the record and the item, but will not make 
the item available ( it says "No physical items for this record"). 

Have I missed something in the MARC record or should I be using a 
different method.  I have heard of others that wrote scripts that add 
the item information directly into the databases.  Is that the method I 
should pursue or should I continue with the modification of the MARC record?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you may provide.

-- 
Michael Lasater
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
1912 N. Belt Highway
St. Joseph, MO  64506

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