One of a series of test instances for migrating the Koha Wiki MediaWiki database.
For the current Koha Wiki, visit https://wiki.koha-community.org .Importing MARC from LibraryThing to Koha
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Work in progress!!
Chat on the toppic
[09:25] nengard yesterday i exported my librarything collection and imported it to koha!! :)
[09:26] nengard now my test system has my real library
[09:26] oleonard Does it export items too?
[09:26] nengard no
[09:26] nengard I had a few steps:
[09:26] nengard 1. export from LT http://www.librarything.com/more/export-marc
[09:26] nengard 2. import to koha
[09:26] nengard 3. export from koha
[09:26] nengard 4. open in marcedit
[09:26] nengard 5. add items
[09:26] nengard 6. clean original koha import
[09:27] nengard 7. rebuild zebra
[09:27] nengard 8. import marc file with items to koha
[09:27] nengard The reason I did it that way was cause the LT file wouldn't open in marcedit cause of errors in the file that koha just ignored :)
[09:27] kf cool!
[09:27] magnuse nengard: what format did you export from LT?
[09:27] nengard I used the 001 as my barcode (since it's a fake system) and the 050ab as my call number
[09:27] kf can you put that on the wiki somewhere?
[09:28] kf I would love to try that sometim
[09:28] nengard magnus the first one ... fuzzy i think
[09:28] nengard kf sure can
[09:28] kf is there a trick to add a lot of items at once?
[09:28] kf wit marcedit?
[09:28] nengard it's easy peasy
[09:28] nengard you do add field and add a 952 with you $a, $b, $2, $y
[09:28] magnuse having that on the wiki would be super cool!
[09:28] nengard and then you can do swap field data to pull the call number and barcode
[09:29] nengard I'll gladly share
[09:29] nengard it was a bit frustrating, so I'd love to help you all :) hehe
[09:29] magnuse nengard++
[09:29] nengard of course this only works for a not real library - otherwise you have to go in and add real barcodes to all of the items
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