[Koha-devel] [IMPORTANT] MARC21 - Homebranch and holdbranch mapping

[paul POULAIN]

Ron Wickersham wrote:

> hi Ingrid,
Hi all,

here are some IMPORTANT thoughts

> getting these parameters right is a bit confusing and caused us some 
> experimenting before we got it to pass MARCcheck.
>
> but at any rate, the branch table
> must be filled by editing the parameter page.
You're right there.

> in our case Larry Currie has made the mapping into tag 949, but you can
> map to any tag subfield.  here 949 subfield g has lib: "Home branch code 
> in Koha", koha field: "items.homebranch", Rep: No, Mand: No, Tab: 10, and
> Auth value: branches.   note that by chosing Tab: 10, we then are able to
> select from the list of Authorized Values to record in the database the
> value of the Home branch.  since you have chosen not to display the subfield,
> then you wouldn't have any way to enter this information.
> likewise 949 subfield l has Lib: "Holding brance code in Koha", koha field:
> "items.hodingbranch", Rep: No, Mand: No, Tab: 10, and Auth value: branches.
WARNING, WARNING, WARNING :
ALL subfields connected to "items.*" koha table MUST be in the same tag.
It's somewhat logic : the biblio is unique, and you have many items that 
are located in differents branches. But you still have only one biblio.
1 MARC record = 1 biblio and ANY items of this biblio, located in any 
branch.

> in your entries, i suggest changing the tag from "Ignore" to "10".  in 
> addition, since there is a separate record for each book or other item,
> i don't think you want to set Repeatable to Yes, since an instance of an
> item should never appear in more than one location at the same time :-).
you're right. If it's not the case in default MARC21 parameters => a 
good idea would be to report a bug bugs.koha.org

> see if that helps squash out the MARCcheck error.
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Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)