Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
2011/11/17 Amber Amland libr...@mountainviewics.org: We just upgraded Koha, and in MARC the fields such as 650 a are locked, and it looks like you’re supposed to use authority search to fill them in. However, authority search doesn’t work, and I often have new names or subjects that wouldn’t be in there (I think). Does anyone know how to unlock those fields? If by 'unlock' you mean 'unlink from authorities', then you have to edit your MARC frameworks. Read here for instructions http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/catadmin.html#marcbibframeworks I recommend that you use authorities for that fields, and check what's going on with authorities indexing/search. Take into account that you need to first 'catalog' the authority you're about to use, and also that indexing cronjob must be set. And you need to wait at least one minute for it to actually do the indexing. Regards To+ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable
Niall, Ah, that’s a question for the magicians at PTFS. All I remember at the moment was that the change was something they had to do for us, it wasn’t something I could change myself in the Koha administrative settings. I’ve been dredging through old emails, too, and can’t nail down one in which just what happened got explained. All the catalog behaviours are the same as ever, it was just a change in the OPAC wording that appears after I click the “not for loan” status in the Item Record 952 $7. Kurt Kurt A. Bodling Technical Services Librarian George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum Gardens From: Niall ODriscoll [mailto:niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au] Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:14 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Kurt Bodling Subject: RE: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable Thanks, Kurt Do you know if they had to make a change to the coding, or is it something that can be done out of the box? The Not for loan status is controlled by an Authorized value in administration - which only appears to allow you to create new wordings to go with the status of not for loan - rather than change behaviours. If I set up an Available - Non-circulating value, items with that status still show on the results screen as unavailable. I note that this doesn't happen in your catalogue with your example. Niall Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW Parliamentary Library | niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.aumailto:niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph. 02 9230 2481 Kurt Bodling kbodl...@mountvernon.orgmailto:kbodl...@mountvernon.org 11/18/2011 1:17 am We had our hosting service change the wording to “Available – Non-circulating” See, for example, http://librarycatalog.mountvernon.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17272 Kurt A. Bodling Technical Services Librarian George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum Gardens P.O. Box 110 Mount Vernon, VA 22121 Phone: 703-799-6835 Fax: 703-799-8698 Email: kbodl...@mountvernon.orgabout:kbodl...@mountvernon.org From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nzmailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Niall ODriscoll Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:34 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nzmailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable Hi we'd be interesting to hear how other libraries using Koha deal with the display of items marked not for loan. If you give an item the status of not for loan in the item record (items.notforloan = 1) the display in the OPAC is No items available (in red), the same as if all items are on loan. However we think this is possibly a bit confronting for our users when what we're trying to say is that the item is *available* - but only within the library. However if you get rid of the not for loan status and rely on, say, a public note, there is no flag at checkout that the item is not meant for loan. I know this can also be controlled using item types - our Reference and Rare Books item types display as Available on the OPAC, but present a flag if you attempt to loan them out. However there are many items that we would like to make not for loan that don't neatly fit into a particular item type (eg. second copies of some reports, etc.), and which we'd like to keep as part of one of the other item types for reporting purposes. Any feedback gratefully received. Niall Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW Parliamentary Library | niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.aumailto:niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph. 02 9230 2481 ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
Amber, The authorities module doesn't seem to work so well. That said, it sounds to me like perhaps your particular situation might be spoken to in the manual at: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/administration.html#authprefs 1.3. Authorities Get there: More Administration Global System Preferences Authorities 1.3.1. BiblioAddsAuthorities Default: allow Asks: When editing records, ___ them to automatically create new authority records if needed, rather than having to reference existing authorities. Values: * allow * This setting allows you to type values in the fields controlled by authorities and then adds a new authority if one does not exist * don't allow * This setting will lock the authority controlled fields, forcing you to search for an authority versus allowing you to type the information in yourself. Is your preference set to don't allow? Kurt Kurt A. Bodling Technical Services Librarian George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum Gardens P.O. Box 110 Mount Vernon, VA 22121 Phone: 703-799-6835 Fax: 703-799-8698 Email: kbodl...@mountvernon.org From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Amber Amland Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:55 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06 We just upgraded Koha, and in MARC the fields such as 650 a are locked, and it looks like you're supposed to use authority search to fill them in. However, authority search doesn't work, and I often have new names or subjects that wouldn't be in there (I think). Does anyone know how to unlock those fields? We're now using Koha version 3.06.00.000 on Linux library 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Thank you so much! Amber Amber Amland Librarian Mountainview International Christian School www.mountainviewics.orghttp://www.mountainviewics.org libr...@mountainviewics.orgmailto:libr...@mountainviewics.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable
We have some custom code on Kurt’s server right now, but you should be able
to accomplish the same thing with a jquery. In the syspref opacuserjs, try
something like this:
$(document).ready(function(){
$(span:contains('No copies available')).replaceWith(Available Online.);
});
The above assumes that ‘No copies available’ is the text string you’re
trying to replace with ‘Available Online.’ – adjust to the text you want.
Jane Wagner
Senior Project Manager
LibLime, a division of PTFS
Content Management and Library Solutions
11501 Huff Court
North Bethesda, MD 20895
(301) 654-8088 x 151
jwag...@liblime.com jwag...@ptfs.com
*From:* koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:
koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Bodling
*Sent:* Friday, November 18, 2011 9:44 AM
*To:* Niall ODriscoll; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
*Subject:* Re: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable
Niall,
Ah, that’s a question for the magicians at PTFS. All I remember at the
moment was that the change was something *they* had to do for us, it wasn’t
something I could change myself in the Koha administrative settings. I’ve
been dredging through old emails, too, and can’t nail down one in which
just what happened got explained.
All the catalog behaviours are the same as ever, it was just a change in
the OPAC wording that appears after I click the “not for loan” status in
the Item Record 952 $7.
Kurt
Kurt A. Bodling
Technical Services Librarian
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Estate, Museum Gardens
*From:* Niall ODriscoll
[mailto:niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.auniall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au]
*Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:14 PM
*To:* koha@lists.katipo.co.nz; Kurt Bodling
*Subject:* RE: [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable
Thanks, Kurt
Do you know if they had to make a change to the coding, or is it something
that can be done out of the box?
The Not for loan status is controlled by an Authorized value in
administration - which only appears to allow you to create new wordings to
go with the status of not for loan - rather than change behaviours.
If I set up an Available - Non-circulating value, items with that status
still show on the results screen as unavailable. I note that this doesn't
happen in your catalogue with your example.
Niall
Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW
Parliamentary Library | niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph. 02 9230
2481
Kurt Bodling kbodl...@mountvernon.org 11/18/2011 1:17 am
We had our hosting service change the wording to “Available –
Non-circulating”
See, for example,
http://librarycatalog.mountvernon.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17272
Kurt A. Bodling
Technical Services Librarian
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Estate, Museum Gardens
P.O. Box 110
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Phone: 703-799-6835
Fax: 703-799-8698
Email: kbodl...@mountvernon.org about:kbodl...@mountvernon.org
*From:* koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [
mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] *On
Behalf Of *Niall ODriscoll
*Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:34 AM
*To:* koha@lists.katipo.co.nz
*Subject:* [Koha] Not for loan items and Unavailable
Hi
we'd be interesting to hear how other libraries using Koha deal with the
display of items marked not for loan.
If you give an item the status of not for loan in the item record
(items.notforloan = 1) the display in the OPAC is No items available (in
red), the same as if all items are on loan.
However we think this is possibly a bit confronting for our users when what
we're trying to say is that the item is *available* - but only within the
library.
However if you get rid of the not for loan status and rely on, say, a
public note, there is no flag at checkout that the item is not meant for
loan.
I know this can also be controlled using item types - our Reference and
Rare Books item types display as Available on the OPAC, but present a
flag if you attempt to loan them out. However there are many items that we
would like to make not for loan that don't neatly fit into a particular
item type (eg. second copies of some reports, etc.), and which we'd like to
keep as part of one of the other item types for reporting purposes.
Any feedback gratefully received.
Niall
Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW
Parliamentary Library | niall.odrisc...@parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph. 02 9230
2481
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Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
2011/11/18 Kurt Bodling kbodl...@mountvernon.org: The authorities module doesn’t seem to work so well. The authorities module actually works well. Perhaps there is some misunderstanding on how authorities work in Koha. And how Authorities are linked to records. That said, it sounds to me like perhaps your particular situation might be spoken to in the manual at: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/administration.html#authprefs ... Is your preference set to “don’t allow”? If you want to *use* authorities (i.e. using them when cataloguing), there are actually two ways of dealing with the case 'the authority is not previously catalogued and hence not available when searching for it'. 1- Open the authority cataloguing module of koha (I do it on a new tab) and catalog it, wait at least one minute for the record to be indexed. 2- Allow the cataloguer to type the 'value' for the authority within the desired field in the biblio cataloguing form (i.e. allow the cataloguer to type the subject directly in the 650$a field) and let koha create a new authority record with that info. Option 1 is the case when the field is 'locked'. Option 2 is related to the BiblioAddsAuthorities just mentioned preference set to 'allow'. - No authorities (field in framework not related to authority type): type the values in the form - Authorities (field in framework related to authority type) | - Field locked: need to search for authority, if doesn't exist, add it, then search again [1] | - Field unlocked: BiblioAddsAuthorities is set to 'allow'. Then typing a value makes koha create a new (incomplete data) authority. Wheter authorities usage is encouraged or not its more like a personal decition. I think using authorities, and enabling fast-authority-add option makes pointless the use of authorities. Just my 2 cents. Regards To+ [1] If searching for an authority is not working it might be related to other issues (indexing?,bad cataloguing?), more info needed to help. ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
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Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Kurt Bodling kbodl...@mountvernon.org wrote: Again, I'm still on an older version of Koha, so maybe all these things have been changed. What version exactly, BTW? It can mean a lot (or not). As you write about your (uncomfortable) experience with authorities in Koha, you should provide us with that info, otherwise you could be making people incorrectly think Koha is bad :-( Regards To+ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
Follow up to my own earlier email: I've been playing around on one of the demo sites that lets us preview Koha 3.06.00.000 (specifically the one at bywatersolutions.com). My earlier email had 4 problems with Koha's authorities module. Two of those problems appear to be FIXED in Koha 3.06! Fixed: #2 clicking on the … symbol or icon or whatever it is in a biblio record next to a 1XX, 6XX, or 7XX [etc.] #3 authority record that has two subfields of the same kind [etc.] Still a problem (in my eyes): #1 Koha create its machine-generated authority records with characters in the authority record’s 008 field that mark the record as not valid for use #4 can’t import authority records using the staff client Kurt A. Bodling Technical Services Librarian George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum Gardens P.O. Box 110 Mount Vernon, VA 22121 Phone: 703-799-6835 Fax: 703-799-8698 Email: kbodl...@mountvernon.org ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06
Koha 3.01.00.061 Linux bluehillils 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP Fri Dec 12 16:48:28 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux Perl 5.008008 MySQL Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.32, for pc-linux-gnu (i486) using readline 5.2 Server version: Apache/2.2.3 Zebra 2.0.34 (C) 1994-2007 All ably hosted, as Owen pointed out earlier today, by PTFS -- which IS (I should add) in the process of upgrading us a newer version of PTFS/LibLime Koha. Kurt -Original Message- From: Tomas Cohen Arazi [mailto:tomasco...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 4:23 PM To: Kurt Bodling Cc: Amber Amland; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] Unlocking MARC Fields in Koha 3.06 On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Kurt Bodling kbodl...@mountvernon.org wrote: Again, I'm still on an older version of Koha, so maybe all these things have been changed. What version exactly, BTW? It can mean a lot (or not). As you write about your (uncomfortable) experience with authorities in Koha, you should provide us with that info, otherwise you could be making people incorrectly think Koha is bad :-( Regards To+ ___ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
