[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Serials in 2.0: anyone working on import script for existing MFHD records

[Dan Wells]

Hello again,

I meant to also note that support for importing active pattern information from the MFHD for the purpose of generating predictions is definitely planned, and actually mostly in place already.

Dan

>>> On 1/5/2011 at 12:31 PM, Repke de Vries <repke at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> with "Serials in 2.0"  I mean the new database setup introduced by  
> Dan Wells + two sets of functionalities on top of that: "Serial  
> Control View" and "Alternate Serial Control" (by two different  
> programming teams).
> 
> And my question goes back to an early november 2010 Evergreen  2.0  
> alpha4 discussion [1]  where we had to conclude that an importing  
> script for MARC MFHD records to populate all the "Serials 2.0"  
> database tables, did *not* yet exist - though several libraries (ours  
> among them) expressed the need for it [2].
> 
> I wonder where we are now: anyone working on such a MFHD MARC records  
> importing script or approach?
> 
> Our library might be able to contribute but one would expect that at  
> least some script exists by now that could be further refined.
> 
> How else could we seriously introduce these new Evergreen 2.0 Serials  
> features if we can't get the data in (not to mention: export them  
> again) :-)
> 
> Yours, Repke de Vries, IISH
> 
> [1]  http://markmail.org/message/75tlejvni3mit5ke 
> [2]  I do *not* mean the MFHD options  + importing scripts introduced  
> by Dan Scott in EG 1.6