Hi Everyone! Thank you for all the input.
Joy - we'll be talking! Heather - I do hope your pearls have weathered this storm Heather and Paul A - Does an ex-maritime librarian count? I used to work in the library at Mystic Seaport! Kelly On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Joy Nelson <j...@bywatersolutions.com> wrote: > Hi Kelly and Heather! > In many other ILS systems the 001 was/is indeed a field that contained a > unique value (control number). I still work with data from time to time > that has a unique id in the 001. Heather is right that in Koha the unique > id is stored in the 999$c, so you can use the 001 field for whatever you > like. Some sites put the oclc number in the 001, others just leave it > blank, or just take what comes when cataloging via z3950 (clutch your > pearls on that. :D ) > > Kelly, I have set up some sites to automatically copy the biblionumber to > the 001 tag. Yes, it duplicates the data from the 999c to the 001, but it > is done programmatically at night so no upkeep would be needed by > cataloging staff. As long as all your libraries are okay with this > configuration and don't plan to use the 001 for anything else, let us know > at ByWater and we can set this up for you. > > joy > > > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Heather Hernandez < > heather_hernan...@nps.gov> wrote: > >> Hi, Kelly-- >> >> Our records in Koha actually have different values in the 001 field based >> on the age of the record. When I first thought about this, I pretty much >> clutched my pearls and took to my fainting couch, thinking things like, >> "But the 001 should be our consistent, primary database key! Oh my stars >> and garters!!!" >> >> Then after applying a cool cloth to my forehead I got to thinking about >> how >> we used the 001 and what data was there: based on the age of the record, >> it's either an old catalog record number (which I want to keep in the >> record) or the OCLC number (which I definitely want to keep in the >> record). How do I use it? Well, to just store those numbers, and if I >> want to overlay the existing Koha record with a record that I'm exporting >> from the OCLC Connexion Client, I include a 999 $c with the Koha record >> number in that field in the OCLC record. I'm currently having some >> trouble >> with links into our catalog from our holdings in WorldCat.org, but that >> doesn't seem related--we're trying to use ISBNs or title data for that. >> >> So perhaps it might be helpful to ask how you would be using the 001 field >> and the 999 $c field, and how it's used among the other libraries. I >> don't >> have a lot of experience with using MarcEdit and such since ByWater >> supports our Koha catalog & I happily rely on them for things like this, >> but I think it would be entirely possible to export your records to >> MarcEdit, copy record numbers that you're not using to another field >> (e.g., >> 035) and copy the Koha biblionumbers to the 001, then reimport/replace the >> records. But that sounds kind of drastic to me. I also clutch my pearls >> at the thought of data being duplicated in a record, e.g., in the 999 $c >> as >> well as the 001, but I can't think of any harm that it would do in *my* >> setting--perhaps others could? Your system would also need some sort of >> configuring for ongoing cataloging, to see that the biblionumber gets >> copied into the 001. >> >> But if it were me, I'd think long and hard about if this is really >> necessary. For us, it's been absolutely fine to have the Koha >> biblionumbers in the 999 $c and an assortment of types of numbers in the >> 001--I've gotten up off my fainting couch, adjusted my pearls, and >> realized >> that it works!:) I hope that others will chime in, because I would be >> very >> interested to know about other options and possible consequences that >> might >> face us in the future since we do have such a variety of numbers in our >> 001 >> fields. >> >> I hope this helps! Best, >> h2 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Heather Hernandez >> Technical Services Librarian >> San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center >> 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=2+Marina+Blvd.,+Bldg.+E,+3rd+floor&entry=gmail&source=g>, >> San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 >> 415-561-7032, heather_hernan...@nps.gov >> Library catalog: http://keys.bywatersolutions.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz >> https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> > > > > -- > Joy Nelson > Vice President of Implementations > > ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com> > Support and Consulting for Open Source Software > Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 > What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/> > > -- Kelly Drake HELM Project Manager ke...@flo.org | Conference calls: https://zoom.us/j/9606207016 _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha