User manual

Migrating Catalog Data
MARCEdit
A very popular tool used to view and edit MARC records, and convert them from
text to MARC and vice versa. The software is free to download and use, but runs
only on Windows.
MARCEdit is available for download at this link:
http: / /people . oregonstate
.
edu /- reeset /marcedit /html /downloads.html.
For the purposes of migrating catalog data, we will use MARCEdit to manipulate
the source file to make it suitable for importing into Koha; we will:
Replace holdings field and subfields with ones used in Koha
Add holdings subfields that are missing in the source MARC file
Merge Call number -related subfields into Koha's single Call number subfield
bulkmarckimport.pl
This is a Koha program that can import MARC records from a file; it is usually used
for importing files with a very large number of records. We run this
program from
the Linux terminal.
The program is available in the folder
/misc /migration_tools.
To learn about this
program, try running it with the
-h option:
linux- 4yut: /usr /share /kohaclone /misc /migration_ tools #
. /bulkmarcimport.
pl - -h
Small script to import bibliographic records into Koha.
Bulkmarcimport.pl
Mandatory?
Explanation
Example
option
file
Yes
This is the full path to the MARC
-f -file /
file that you wish to import. You
home /koha/
will
always need to use this option.
importf ile
.
mrc
No
Output more information,
-v
optionally add a
"1" or "2" for
or -v
1
additional information.
or -v 2
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