[OPEN-ILS-DEV] How to add a book(s) and DVDs etc?

[Hardy, Elaine]

Charlene,

1) I can't really help with this question. I've not seen that error
message when I've searched OCLC via the Z39.50 gateway. For an incorrect
OCLC login, I usually get the message Server Error: Z3950_LOGIN_FAILED :
The login failed. PINES only imports records from OCLC so I have never
used another Z39.50 target.

2) The first part of you question, I'm afraid I can't answer either. If
it is a problem with how you have input the MARC record, I would need to
see your record in order to determine if that is the problem.

Validation is against an authority file that uses a controlled
vocabulary, such as Library of Congress Subject Headings. If you have
input terms that are not in the authority file, they will not authorize
and will be in red. If you need more information about this process,
please let me know.

3) Book jacket or cover art is usually supplied by a vendor. You can
input urls for online related or accompanying material into a MARC
record using the 856 field. The OCLC Bibliographic formats and Standards
has instructions on how to code and input this field --
http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/8xx/856.shtm

 Elaine 
 
 
J. Elaine Hardy
Library Services Manager - Collections & Reference
Georgia Public Library Service,
A Unit of the University System of Georgia
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
 
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:open-ils-dev-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Charlene Woo Ling
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:52 AM
To: 'lesagee at iro.umontreal.ca'; 'open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org'
Subject: RE: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] How to add a book(s) and DVDs etc?

Hi

Thanks for the help.

1)I am trying to use the z39.50 using the services OLUC World Cat and
Voyager loc but when searching I am getting "server error network/server
problem :undefined"
I have tried searching using isbn, author, publisher and I am getting
the
same problem. I do have internet connection which I have open and
working

2) I have manually entered 2 marc records using the staff client but
when I
am searching the web opac it is not pulling up any of my records even
though
I am searching by title, author. 
When i am entering in the 650 field for subject and I do the validate
the
terms I entered Web Services turned red. I thought I could enter terms
that
persons can easily search by.

3) How do I go about manually adding a book cover to the marc record and
other things like a link to a pdf file (showing table of contents), or
maybe
a link to a training video that came with it,

Thanks,
Charlene



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lesage [mailto:lesagee at iro.umontreal.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:16 PM
To: Evergreen Development Discussion List
Cc: Charlene Woo Ling
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] How to add a book(s) and DVDs etc?


On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Jason Etheridge wrote:

> Keep in mind that the Library of Congress may not have records for all
> the titles in your collection.  At that point, you could either create
> them from scratch, or delve into adding other Z39.50 resources.  If
> you have data for your collection in an electronic format already, say
> as a spreadsheet, you can likely get a programmer on this list to help
> you automate the migration of that data.
>
> In fact, I believe someone has already written such scripts for
> pulling data based on ISBN in batch.

Hi,

Various scripts to get (uncontrolled) MARC data from Amazon, or from LOC

(or WorldCat), using the command-line or using ISBNs from a ODF sheet:

http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lesagee/openils/marc/

Unfortunately I haven't had time to properly maintain (or even document)

them, maybe nothing works anymore.

Also this doesn't do the MARC import in Evergreen.

Good luck,

-- 
Eric Lesage