[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] adding books and materials to library catalog

[Howard Canning]

Ok thanks. I'm a total novice to Evergreen so nothing is too simplistic. Do
I use Create a Brief Record to create the   manual record or is there
something else. I envision Marc to be some comprehensive  centralized
database of book titles. Is this right? A bit like iTunes database for
music and album art.
Thanks.
On Mar 9, 2015 1:34 PM, "Ruth Frasur" <director at hagerstownlibrary.org>
wrote:

> Howard,
>
> Please forgive me if I'm stating the obvious.  I'm not sure your
> background with libraries or library software.
>
> Evergreen's bibliographic database is creating using the information held
> in MARC records.  For each item that is cataloged, there must be a
> corresponding MARC.  If you did not have access to an already created MARC
> record for the Algebra book that you mentioned, you would need to create
> one in Evergreen.
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Howard Canning <hcanning at bluehills.org>
> wrote:
>
>> No. I find the software interesting and just starting out learning it.
>> How for example would I add
>> http://www.amazon.com/First-Course-Abstract-Algebra-Groups/dp/1482245523/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425922030&sr=8-2&keywords=algebra+first+course+3rd+edition
>> to evergreen if it isn't a search result. What's the most basic approach.
>> Thanks
>> On Mar 9, 2015 12:48 PM, "Rogan Hamby" <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Howard,
>>>
>>> Evergreen does support original cataloging and importing MARC files from
>>> copy cataloging services.  Are you familiar with MARC records or cataloging?
>>>
>>> On Monday, March 9, 2015, Howard Canning <hcanning at bluehills.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> So I'm evaluating Evergreen 2.7.4 for my school library and am testing
>>>> adding books but so far importing them from Z39 appears to be the only way.
>>>> I suppose I expect if I type in Algebra I'd get 100's pf books in the
>>>> search results but I just get 1 with all the checkboxes checked.
>>>> How do I add a book manually and whats the best method to have access
>>>> to 1000s of titles like say Amazon.com?
>>>> How best can I use Evergreen as I basically want to be able to have an
>>>> inventory of the books on the shelves but most most get found on the Z39
>>>> look up.
>>>> I suspect I'm missing something with Evergreen
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>>> York County Library System
>>>
>>> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>>> suit me.”
>>> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>>>
>>>
>
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