Hi Deanna,

If I'm understanding your question properly, I believe these are controlled on 
the server side of things by files located in the /openils/var/templates/marc 
folder (by default).  In that directory, there are various xml files that 
control these templates.  On our system (which is 1.6.0.2), we would appear to 
still use the defaults of k_book.xml, k_video.xml, etc.  In the future we'll 
probably have to look at changing that ourselves... heh.

As I understand it, the way to create new templates is to duplicate similar xml 
files like the ones in that directory but change the tag information based on 
whatever you wish the template to contain.  After doing so, you'll need to 
restart the OpenSRF services (perl it seems) in order to make use of the new 
templates the next time you re-launch the staff client.

Dan Scott and Jason Etheridge mentioned some of this in a markmail thread for 
EG 1.4.0.4 (see: http://georgialibraries.markmail.org/thread/b7er3rlmdxxlaaz5) 
but the principles should still apply for 1.6.0 series as far as I know.  I 
don't believe these are controlled anywhere via the staff client interfaces 
(yet).

-- Ben


On Jul 30, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Deanna Frazee wrote:

> We have been unable to add templates for cataloging.  The only option we have 
> when we go to create a MARC record is for books.  There appears to be no way 
> to add a template.  No button for adding one, no error messages, nothing.  
> Just the book template, which is a pain to modify every time you are 
> cataloging a cart of DVD’s.   We are on version 1.6.0.6.
>  
> Thanks!
> Deanna
>  
> Deanna Frazee
> Director of Library Services
> Killeen City Library System
> 205 E. Church Ave.
> Killeen, TX  76541
> 254-501-8995
> [email protected]
>  

Benjamin Shum
Open Source Software Coordinator
Bibliomation, Inc.
32 Crest Road
Middlebury, CT 06762
203-577-4070 ext. 113

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