Time Nick Message 14:08 SelfishMan What is the preferred marc record format for multiple copies of the same book when bulk importing? 14:13 kf multiple records = multiple items? i did it with repeated 952, i think when using bulkmarcimport you will get duplicates otherwise 14:14 SelfishMan I tried repeated 952s but it didn't seem to work 14:14 SelfishMan Hmm... 14:16 kf imported no items at all? 14:17 SelfishMan It imported the first item 14:17 SelfishMan and only the first itme 14:18 kf hm 14:19 kf mom 14:20 kf searching for an example 14:21 gmcharlt SelfishMan: it should be repeated 952s 14:21 gmcharlt can you pastebin an example record? 14:25 SelfishMan I'll try to pastebin one when I regain access to the server. We're already having power outages from the wind this morning 14:26 kf =952 \\$p99934085$aZF$g0$oQV1Z:115$bZF$cZeF$yZS$xnv 14:26 kf =952 \\$p99938407$aZF$g0$oQV1Z:115$bZF$cZeF$yZS$xnv 14:26 kf this one worked in my case, but fields are a bit cryptic 14:26 SelfishMan OK, I just need to say that MARC records are nasty little buggers 14:27 SelfishMan Thanks for the info. I'm learning things about MARC records that I never wanted to know! 14:27 kf me too :) 14:28 gmcharlt SelfishMan: would you mind if I added your statement about MARC records to the quotes database used by bugs.koha.org? :) 14:28 SelfishMan What scares me is the task ahead of normalizing the old marc records. People can't spell and we have over 150 variations of "Main Library" that are going to have to be dealt with. Easy enough with a perl script but still annoying. 14:28 SelfishMan gmcharlt: Go for it 14:29 SelfishMan My experience with them is that they are the wrong answer to a bad question but then again libraries tend to be behind the times 14:30 gmcharlt SelfishMan: thanks!