[Koha-devel] Bulk Marc Import via the Web

[Kyle Hall]

It's about 90% done now, but I have to wait for my mind to return
before I can finish it ; )

Screenshot: http://imgur.com/9VZKK.jpg

Kyle

http://www.kylehall.info
Information Technology
Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org )




On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Cindy Murdock Ames <cmurdock at ccfls.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You also might be interested to know that Kyle Hall is developing a
> templating system for MARC imports for CCFLS, that can be used in
> conjunction with the existing staged marc record management tool to map
> the fields in a marc file to where you want them to be in Koha.  He's (I
> would guess) about halfway done writing it, and will be contributing it
> soon.  I figure we'd better let the community know about it, because I'm
> sure others will find it useful!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Cindy
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Cindy Murdock Ames
> IT Services Director
> Meadville Public Library    | CCFLS
> http://meadvillelibrary.org | http://ccfls.org
>
>
>
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I am discussing the possibility of wrapping the bulkmarcimport.pl
>> script in a web page with Bob Birchall.
>>
>> The page would offer a form that contains the command line options
>> as checkboxes or textboxes as appopriate along with a file input control
>> to upload a .MRC file.
>>
>> Upon completion of the form, the web page validates the .MRC as
>> far as that is possible (hints anyone?) and then passes it on
>> to bulkmarcimport.pl. The output from the script is captured
>> and sent back to the the web user.
>>
>> Seems simple enough. The only problem I imagine encountering is
>> the web browser timing out for an import that takes a long time.
>>
>> Any advice and observations from the developers is most welcome.
>>
>>
>> cheers
>> rickw
>>
>>
>>
>
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