[Koha-devel] data import question & 008 use in Koha

[Christopher Curry]

Hello all,

We're in the middle of migrating MARC data to Koha.  We tried importing 
serials data into Koha and a record that had 1900+ items attached did 
not import.  I found the record and tested importing it, removing items 
until it would import and found out that 1238 was the maximum number of 
items I could import with one MARC record.  Can anyone tell me if there 
is a way to configure the import to accept more items?

I used bulkmarcimport.pl on Koha 3.0.1, running on Debian Lenny.

Also, our old ILS has a database issue that results in incomplete export 
of records created from original cataloging.  These records are missing 
008 fields.  We're working out a method of exporting the data from the 
back end and splicing it back into the MARC before import, but the data 
imports into Koha without announced or noticeable errors.  I wonder if 
we're wasting our time.  Does Koha use the 008 field for anything?

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Cheers,

Christopher Curry
Assistant Technical Librarian / Assistant IT Officer

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