Some questions on Evergeen (was: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers)

[Don McMorris]

Full-blown MARC21 includes holdings information in some of the 800
fields (I forget the exact ones... I think it's 850-something).
Whether or not your ILS follows this standard or not, I don't know...

On 3/22/07, Paul Bartell <paul.bartell at gmail.com> wrote:
> We can export to MARK21, but does MARK21 include the barcodes of the items?
>
> On 3/22/07, Don McMorris <don.mcmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Paul.  You have some good questions, and I'm sure there's other
> > interest.  I've forked the thread (the topic has changed, after all).
> > If you have any further questions or follow up, please don't hesitate
> > to respond on-list!
> >
> > On 3/22/07, Paul Bartell <paul.bartell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Well, im a kid that is interested in computers (Open source
> > > especially), and want to try and get my school library using
> > > Evergreen. I would be interested to know weather it would be the best
> > > choice for a small library like this. (~450 patrons).
> > -- This really depends on your other requirements and the capabilities
> > of your administrators'.  If you're well capable and need/want the
> > features of an enterprise-grade ILS without the cost, Evergreen will
> > probably be a good fit (note: I should mention that there are vendors'
> > whom you can contract with to support Evergreen if need be).
> >
> > > and how people
> > > would be able to print barcodes,
> > -- I don't recall if Evergreen has a barcode printing functionality
> > built-in yet.  There are many third-party suppliers whom you can
> > purchase pre-made barcodes from.  You would simply attach a barcode to
> > the item, and then attach this barcode number to the item record in
> > the ILS.
> >
> > > and how you can assign a book a new
> > > barcode, when it gets worn out.
> > -- This is EXTREMELY easy (provided the person has the privileges to
> > do so).  Simply edit the item record and change the barcode number.
> >
> > > Also would it be possible to not have
> > > to re enter all the data about how many of each book they have.(im not
> > > a big fan of data entry)
> > This depends on your current system.  Even if your current system
> > can't export the items' into a standard format, there are vendors' out
> > there who will convert your non-standard export into a standard format
> > (shucks... I forget what the term is right now... It'll come to me
> > just after I hit send!).
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The
> > > sky is not the limit!"
> > > Mark Shuttleworth
> > >
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> > > Stop by my blog at http://www.paulbartell.com/
> > >
> >
> > If you or anybody else has any questions, PLEASE do NOT hesitate to contact us!
> >
> > --Don
> >
>
>
> --
> "If you are savvy and smart about the choices you make in life, The
> sky is not the limit!"
> Mark Shuttleworth
>
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