Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-07-10 Thread Nigel Barker
On 4 July 2011 13:55, Nigel Barker wrote: > In cataloguing/circulation, however, the barcodes don't work  (barcode > not found). When I search by title and select the record, I can see > item details, including the barcodes. From here I can delete an item, > but when I do that, the other copies a

Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-07-10 Thread Nigel Barker
Dear List, I've been trying my best to crack this. I have a library that works. I can use the ISBN to lookup and import a new book, find it in opac, check it out, etc. I used Marc Edit & co. to modify some Follet data, specifically to ensure that the mandatory Koha 952 fields are there. I used the

Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-06-30 Thread Nigel Barker
On 1 July 2011 09:57, Nigel Barker wrote: > > Thanks for the very helpful links. Doug the vb script is giving me an > error that Active X can't create Marc21.MarcEngine. Is that something > obvious I am missing? > quick follow up to avoid wasting your time. I fixed some syntax errors and the scrip

Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-06-30 Thread Nigel Barker
Doug and Nicole, Thanks for the very helpful links. Doug the vb script is giving me an error that Active X can't create Marc21.MarcEngine. Is that something obvious I am missing? Looks like I am going to have to learn a lot more about library catalogues than I was hoping to get away with :) I wil

Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-06-30 Thread Doug Dearden
-Original Message- From: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Barker Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:41 PM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export Dear All, I am the IT teacher at a very small

Re: [Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-06-30 Thread Nicole Engard
Nigel, You have asked (what I think is) an easy question :) Follet exports item data in to fields that it understands - not Koha. Koha needs to have your item information in your 952 field. So, using this guide: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.4/en/catguides.html#itemcatguide you should be a

[Koha] newbie: items from Follet export

2011-06-29 Thread Nigel Barker
Dear All, I am the IT teacher at a very small school. For several years we have been running debian-edu/skolelinux on our servers and workstations. So when the librarian (who is a part-time volunteer and doesn't know anything about library systems) told me the ageing Follet system would no longer