I would also like to invite you, and anyone else interested in cataloging, to the next meeting of the koha-US Cataloging Special Interest Group, held on the first Thursday of the month, 8:00am Pacific Time, which I believe is 5:00pm your time. We discuss anything cataloging-related, and no question is too strange. And no, you don't have to consider yourself a "real cataloger." I'm not--I just picked up things as I went along.
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Hello Aida, I suggest you look here: https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/administration.html#edit-framework-fields-and-subfields Things to look for: - Mandatory - check the field and subfield for mandatory flags and remove them if not necessary - Managed in tab - you can choose 'ignore' to remove the subfield completely, however, be very cautious because that can cause data loss - Visibility - uncheck 'Editor' to remove the subfield from the cataloguing form, unlike the 'Managed in tab: ignore' above, this will not cause data loss, so is a better choice, in my opinion, if you're not absolutely sure of what you're doing Also, when you edit MARC frameworks, make sure to run the test after https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/administration.html#marc-bibliographic-framework-test I hope this helps, Caroline On 2023-03-21 08:14, [email protected] wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm writing to ask for some help cataloging in Koha. I am having trouble > getting it to save any records without Koha throwing up errors, and while I'm > trying to follow the manual, I'm afraid the amount of information there is > overwhelming. Especially as it's been so long since I used any marc > bibliographic formats. > > So, I created a new framework based on the default one and named it Books, > Booklets, Workbooks. I had tried importing records via Z39.50 and had no > success in saving the record because of the errors (especially Tab 4 Series. > > I then tried and adding them manually, where I only filled in the relevant > fields - I do not need e.g. the music incipit or a fingerprint identifier for > a hardcopy textbook. It s not possible to delete tags I don't need within the > BBW framework. > > The fields I have in our current system are the following; it's very minimal: > > Author – person > Author – corporate body > Title > Type of material > Media object URL > Language > Publish date > Publication and manufacture > Physical description > Other authors – person > Content > ISBN > Notes > Subject headings > Uncontrolled subject terms > UDC > > For each material copy, I can add the status (for outside loan or reading > room use, lost, withdrawn), location, call number, and inventory number. > > How do I customize my framework so I can add my textbooks quickly and easily? > Are there any sections of the manual I should look into more closely? Thank > you in advance! > > Best regards > > Aida Đikić > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Koha <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 12:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Koha Digest, Vol 209, Issue 20 > > Send Koha mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: > Contents of Koha digest..." > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S. 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