Time Nick Message 06:31 [K] *** join #koha@FreeNode: phasefx__ n=phasefx_@68-190-35-14.dhcp.gwnt.ga.charter.com 01:05 fbcit kados: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:documentation:barcode_scanners:ms9590_voyagergs 16:36 kados or something 16:36 kados with a namespace like http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:documentation:barcode_scanners 16:36 kados or somewhere in the Instalaltion and Migration section 16:35 kados I'd link to it from the Migration Notes area I suppose 16:35 fbcit kados: what section of the wiki would you suggest putting the barcode scanner stuff? 16:33 kados atz++ 16:33 fbcit :) 16:33 kados hehe 16:32 atz fbcit: you can always call your local reference librarian and treat it as a reference question 16:32 kados and code4lib is heavily academic-library focused 16:32 kados I think fbcit is looking for something like webjunction or soemthing 16:32 atz yeah, though for my purposes, a lot of ppl who know more about librarianship than me 16:32 kados atz: more for programmers who happen to work in libraries 16:32 kados atz: not really for librarians 16:31 kados I don't think librarians hang out on IRC 16:31 atz besides code4lib? 16:31 kados not really 16:31 kados hmmm 16:30 fbcit kados: can you recommend a good list/channel for asking librarian type questions? 16:28 kados *nod* 16:28 fbcit I'd hate to loose that 16:28 fbcit I fixed the current form to accept lccn 16:28 kados easy enough to add that 16:28 kados it could 16:27 fbcit lccn 16:27 fbcit rather 16:27 fbcit will the dev_week form take isbn? 16:27 kados fbcit: yea, that validation will have to be removed 16:24 fbcit great 16:24 kados fbcit: I'll push it up as soon as I get it 16:24 kados fbcit: just talked to ryan, he's going to commit the dev_week form for Z39.50 16:22 fbcit ? 16:22 fbcit maybe that validation should be removed 16:22 fbcit problem is, the z3950 popup will not open if certain MARC tags are not provided 16:21 fbcit leme try it 16:21 fbcit ahh 16:20 kados fbcit: so the user will click on 'z39.50 search', and just scan, and the CR will initiate the search 16:20 fbcit I don't have to type it in now 16:20 kados ryan: you around? 16:20 kados ryan already wrote that bit, it just needs to be merged into 3.0 16:20 kados so you won't have to type it in the MARC record 16:20 kados actually, the z39.50 popup is going to have the isbn field in it 16:19 kados well ... 16:19 fbcit now, if we can make the scanner select the z3950 button after scanning.... 16:18 fbcit this is cool 16:18 kados heh 16:17 fbcit you beat me to it... ;-) 16:17 kados fbcit: might be worthwhile to document your success on the koha wiki :-) 16:17 kados w00t 16:17 fbcit kados: got it... 16:13 kados heh 16:12 fbcit I have not found a setting in the scanner, but then I missed the <CR> setting so that's not saying much.. :) 16:09 kados IMO anyway 16:09 kados ie, do it in the scanner rather than in koha 16:09 kados and I'm guessing there must be a way that you can cofigure the scanner to strip out the isbn automatically 16:09 kados well, z39.50 already has a attribute set for searhing by isbn 16:08 fbcit or maybe this is already possible? 16:08 fbcit then a z3950 search could be performed on ISBN 16:08 fbcit I'm thinking it might be nice to be able to scan the UPC, store EAN-13 in the correct MARC tag and then convert to ISBN to populate that field 16:07 fbcit it looks like there is some talk about storing EAN-13 data in MARC tag 024 16:06 fbcit so when I scan it, I don't get ISBN, but need to run the EAN through an algorithm to produce ISBN 16:06 fbcit the upc on books is EAN-13 16:05 fbcit looking at the issues w/isbn I mentioned earlier 16:04 kados fbcit: on for a bit 16:04 kados hey fbcit 15:25 atz don't know how much he'll be online 15:25 atz he should be wrapping up things in philly this morning and flying home later today 15:16 fbcit kados ? 13:27 kados ala was productive 13:26 kados galen is in the best position to talk about the new itemcallnumber management 13:22 hdl And lakados : how was ALA ? 13:22 hdl kados ? 13:21 hdl About itemcallnumbers management, who can tell me a bit more about the new stuff you wrote ? I have a library which has 3 types of itemcallnumbers : dewey, dewey suffix, and 3parts itemcallnumber :P 283, N°4 (novembre 2007) 13:05 hdl I havenot found it on git.koha.org 13:05 kados when did that happen? 13:05 kados hdl: really? 13:05 hdl It seems not to be committed at the moment. 13:04 hdl a) Does someone work on opac-changelanguages ? 13:04 hdl kados : some question 13:02 kados cool 13:01 fbcit kados: I have to go teach. Be back after 10am est. 13:00 fbcit look here: http://www.writers-publish.com/isbn-bar-code.html 12:59 kados dashes or soemthing? 12:59 kados hmmm, what's the other info in the barcode? 12:59 fbcit the Metrologic was very simple to get working btw 12:57 fbcit is there something I'm missing that strips that info to pass only the ISBN? 12:57 fbcit when scanning ISBN barcodes there is some other info in the barcode 12:56 fbcit one other question 12:55 kados it's on page 40 of the PDF I've got 12:55 kados look for Disable CR Suffix 12:55 kados so you might want to try Multi-code method 12:54 kados oops, barcodes I mean 12:53 kados and then you can change the behavior using a bunch of other scanners 12:53 kados by scanning a special barcode 12:53 fbcit there are 80 some pages of single-line configs 12:53 kados typically the way these things are configured is there's a 'config' mode you enter 12:53 fbcit right 12:53 kados I assume you've read the manual ? :-) 12:53 fbcit am I missing something obvious? 12:53 kados hmmm 12:52 fbcit I cannot seem to find a single-liner to disable the <CR> 12:52 fbcit especially w/z3950 searches 12:52 fbcit this messes up isbn scans when adding a MARC record 12:51 fbcit when scanning it appends <CR> 12:51 kados oh? 12:51 fbcit with a few beefs 12:51 kados w00t 12:51 fbcit I have my metrologic scanner "working" 12:51 kados I can imagine! :-) 12:50 fbcit tnx its good to be back whole... :) 12:50 kados fbcit: welcome back! 12:50 kados fbcit: sure am 12:33 fbcit kados still around? 12:23 kados hi hdl 12:09 hdl kados ? 11:24 Brooke so how close is the stuff on Chris' box to the alpha? 11:23 kados hehe 11:22 Brooke you ;) 11:22 kados which CEO? 11:22 Brooke that's quick :) 11:22 Brooke well gee 11:22 Brooke or you should seriously consider telling off that CEO 11:22 kados sounds like you've been playing around with some of the new features, eh? 11:22 Brooke you better at least get a cheesesteak outta that deal 11:21 kados :) 11:21 Brooke rub it in :P 11:21 Brooke yeah yeah 11:21 Brooke holy cannoli are there like a jillion new things in the new release :) 11:21 Brooke howdy 11:21 kados hey Brooke