Dear Koha community, Thank you to raise this issue as it is sort of corelate and I needs clarity. It has bother me so long to understand it.
Thank you for participating On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 11:18 PM Mark Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Excerpts from Bales (US), Tasha R's message of 2021-10-14 19:13:14 +0000: > > I recall reading (in the Koha manual?) the explanation for why it is > advantageous to define Koha item type in the bib 942 field. I believe it > has to do with exporting records, or the scope of records that is included > when doing some type of report? I'm trying to locate that information > again, but can't find it for the life of me. > > I can't find the information right now, though I know I've seen it > somewhere. > > My understanding is when importing a MARC record, 942$c is treated as the > item type in the bibliographic record, and 952$y is the item type > for the item record (assuming a 952 holding field was present). > > I have also observed that when you create a new item record from an > existing bib record, 942$c gets copied into the new item's type. So > it's helpful to make sure that the item type in the bib record was set > correctly when it was created (or imported). > > This wiki page talks about 952, but not 942: > > https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx) > > I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can correct this if I'm wrong. > > -- > I am unconditionally guaranteed to be > full of defects. --Ashleigh Brilliant > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
