[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Importing from SIRSI

[Grant Johnson]

Thanks Dan,
This is good info.

>>First things first - you need to install the Error Perl module (on Debian
>>etch, that would be http://packages.debian.org/etch/liberror-perl) so that
>>you can see what the actual error is. You installed using John Schmidt's
>>script, right? Might need some tweaks :)

John - You getting this?

>Do I need to convert a default SIRSI record dump into something before
> running this script?
>>Dumb question here: are you dumping raw MARC records, or Unicorn's "flat"
>>records? You definitely want to dump raw MARC.
>>Our Unicorn system exports to MARC8, but we haven't paid for the Unicode
>>functionality so if you have Unicode support your mileage may vary.

OK - RAW Marc8 it is - I think that's what I did but I'll check.
I'll post my results.

-- 
Dan Scott
Laurentian University

F. Grant Johnson
  Systems Coordinator
  Robertson Library
  University of Prince Edward Island