[Koha-win32] Unimarc vs Marc21

[Joshua Ferraro]

Hi Davita,

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Davita Janto <davita.janto at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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> We are starting our Koha 3 install tomorrow on Ubuntu. We are still not
> clear on whether to choose UNIMARC  or MARC21. We have been searching the
> help files and list files and looking at MARC records. If we understand
> correctly we can only import using Z39.50 from the same "flavor" of MARC. Is
> this true?
Yes, at the moment it is true.

> We also understand that there are more MARC21 sites to import data from than
> UNIMARC sites. Is this true? Is there a reason to choose UNIMARC?
There are probably more English MARC21 sits and more French UNIMARC sites.

> Our catalog includes Lao and Thai, does that point us towards UNIMARC for
> any reason? We are absolute beginners with no experience in either so will
> be starting from scratch with either however in doing a crash course on MARC
> through the internet it is clear that there is more info to help with
> MARC21.
Sorry, I'm not sure. What does your national library use? What Lao and or Thai
Z39.50 targets are available and do they use MARC21 or UNIMARC?

Hope that helps.

Cheers,


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