I'd set two different Koha's and use vufind to replace the opac, and mix them both.
For the patrons, an ldap database. Regards To+ El 02/01/2012 10:59, "BWS Johnson" <[email protected]> escribió: > Kia ora! > > > >> I would like try use MARC21 and Unimarc in the same system. So I do > like > >> this "1.MARC Bibliographic framework > > > > I'm fairly sure that's a bad idea and not possible. The differences > > between them (in terms of Koha internals) is a lot more than just the > > MARC type. My natural instinct from the bit quoted would have to be "run > > away screaming" :) > > > > Probably not related to the error you're getting though. > > > > Most likely you've got your system set to something (say, MARC21) and by > > trying to add data in UNIMARC format you're missing out some required > > fields, or they're being parsed in quite a different fashion, such that > > it breaks. > > > > Even if you fixed that in Koha (which would be a huuuuge job), you'd > > still have to deal with the fact that Zebra would hate you forever. > > > > This was my initial reaction, too. Then I turned it over in my head a > few times, and there are occasions where I could think having data in both > MARC21 and Unimarc would be handy. Places in Europe, say for the UN, might > want to have both with good reason. So this is proper thinking in terms of > saving the time of the reader. > I think the sticking point isn't at having both, but at having both > try to occupy a single Koha at a single point in time. I wonder if one > might work about the very nasty logical and bibliographic errors that are > bound to result in executing this idea by having parallel Koha servers. One > could be twiddled to have the parameters for MARC21, one could hold > Unimarc. The tricky bit, perhaps, might be synching patron data and item > data so that folks knew when summat was out. It would be important to have > this element so that folks didn't have to consult 2 catalogues to get their > information. 2 records related to a single item is challenging, but I don't > think I would pigeon hole it as impossible. Highly improbable and difficult > (read costly) to execute, definitely. > From a cataloguing perspective, I'd imagine it might be useful > someplace larger, so logistically, I can see having a Unimarc cataloguer > and a MARC21 cataloguer and never the twain need meet. (Not that one > couldn't do both of course.) > > Cheers, > Brooke > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >
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