Koha/Interoperability

Koha can import/export data and read data from other catalogs. This wiki page attempts to document the interoperability of Koha with other book cataloging systems.

Technologies employed

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z39.50
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAI-PMH
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isbn

MARC

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_standards
• http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/catguides.html#itemcatguide
• http://lib2.dss.go.th/elib/marc21/examples.html
• http://hstalks.com/main/lib_marc.php
• http://www.oclc.org/marc-records.en.html
• http://www.loc.gov/marc/marctools.html

Migration Documentation

• http://manual.koha-community.org/3.12/en/implementation.html#imp-migration
• http://manual.koha-community.org/3.2/en/implementation.html#imp-migration
• http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/implementation.html#imp-migration
• http://opensource-ils.cci.utk.edu/content/koha-migration-process
• http://opensource-ils.cci.utk.edu/content/publications

Sample Data/Records

• http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/06/20/ebook-marc-for-koha

How to import MARC bibliographic records

Step 1

Install MARCEDIT.

Step 2

Add the 952 tag and fields required by Koha to the exported file using MARCEDIT. See this tutorial. These are:

952$a | Owning Library | Branch code
952$b | Holding Library | Branch code
952$y | Koha item type | Coded value

Step 3

Import the .mrc file using the Koha admin interface. Or use the /usr/share/koha/bin/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl tool.

Step 4

Run the /usr/sbin/koha-rebuild-zebra -a -b -f -v library command to rebuild all the indexes.

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