Re: [Koha] Advice on barcode replacement/central catalog

2015-06-02 Thread Nick Clemens
While I agree that it is easier to update barcodes before hand, we had some libraries do this after the fact so I put together a very simple Koha plugin to allow you to scan an item's barcode, then scan a new barcode and have it changed in the system. You can get it here if it seems useful:

Re: [Koha] Advice on barcode replacement/central catalog

2015-06-02 Thread Katelyn Browne
I think you could use the same prepending process shown here with call number prefixes: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.18/en/marcedit.html#marceditprefix Biblionumber is internal; you don't have to provide it. At a gut-feeling level, I would strongly support changing barcodes before you

Re: [Koha] Advice on barcode replacement/central catalog

2015-06-02 Thread Nicole Engard
Nick you should share that here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_plugins until we have a better place to share plugins. Nicole On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Nick Clemens n...@quecheelibrary.org wrote: While I agree that it is easier to update barcodes before hand, we had some

Re: [Koha] Advice on barcode replacement/central catalog

2015-06-02 Thread Mark Tompsett
Greetings, If you are merely importing MARC records, then why not batch update them in MARC Edit first, before importing into Koha? http://bywatersolutions.com/2012/01/18/using-marcedit-to-add-koha-items/ I'm not sure what functionality in MARC Edit would pre-append something to the barcode