[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Importing from ISBN

[Andrew Morton]

Jason,

Thanks for the clarification on that- most helpful!

Getting back to the original question on this thread...
Are we saying that there are 2 methods to add books?

1) import a batch Marc record. But then it's a manual thing to add it to holdings.
2) use a z39.50 server to search for it and use a fast add to add it to holdings in one step?

Regards,
Andrew




On 11 Oct 2012, at 18:22, Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andrew Morton
> <andymorton at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> So are you saying that there is no unique way to identify a publication?
>> Sort of seems like isbn is useless if that is the case....
> 
> It's useful enough for the purpose that "added content" vendors rely
> on it for providing libraries reviews, jacket images, etc.
> 
> It's just not perfect by a longshot, and if you're using them as item
> barcodes, you'll probably hit more complications down the road.
> 
> -- Jason