| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 12:26 |
|
fbcit-away |
kados: tried submitting my two patches again. I may have a problem with sendmail so I'll check back on Monday. |
| 15:47 |
|
kados |
fbcit-away: ok, sounds good |
| 20:20 |
|
thd |
kados: are you there? |
| 21:35 |
|
chris |
heya darla, i hear you got koha up and running? |
| 21:36 |
|
aklibrarian |
I have it installed. Now I have to get to it. This is my own installation. My library has it up and going. The job is split between a great computer guy for the system and me for the library specifics. |
| 21:36 |
|
aklibrarian |
I just want it on a local machine so I can play with it more. |
| 21:36 |
|
chris |
*nod* |
| 21:44 |
|
aklibrarian |
I didn't expect quite such a learning curve. I have a lot more respect for Dan, the guy that keeps the system running now than I did before. I had respect for him before, but it is more now. |
| 21:44 |
|
aklibrarian |
I still haven't figured a good way to use the shell. |
| 21:44 |
|
chris |
system admin is an underappreciated profession |
| 21:46 |
|
aklibrarian |
Until it goes dead. Then everyone appreciates it. |
| 21:47 |
|
aklibrarian |
Chris, did you tell me about a part of Koha that would help you integrate seperate libraries to a union? |
| 21:50 |
|
chris |
hmmm i dont think so .. are you thinking to merge catalogues together? |
| 21:51 |
|
aklibrarian |
Right now we have just added all the catalogs into one. |
| 21:51 |
|
chris |
with the indedpendent branches features in 3.0 you can run a union catalogue with each library having its own rules/patrons |
| 21:52 |
|
aklibrarian |
This means I have a really big collection of marc records. I want to pare it down |
| 21:52 |
|
chris |
ahhh |
| 21:52 |
|
chris |
so merging like records together ? |
| 21:52 |
|
aklibrarian |
Yes |
| 21:53 |
|
aklibrarian |
I feel that this will make things look better, allow for faster searching, and in general make me happier. |
| 21:53 |
|
chris |
yes |
| 21:54 |
|
chris |
there is a feature liblime developed for an nz library to do that .. but its pretty clunky .. there is a much better cataloguing tool on its way which will allow you to merge records |
| 21:55 |
|
aklibrarian |
Any idea on the timeline? |
| 22:01 |
|
chris |
ahh you want to ask the other chris that |
| 22:01 |
|
chris |
northfox is the nickname he uses |
| 22:01 |
|
aklibrarian |
I was right Chris. I thought I remembered it was you. You sent me a weblink that I am trying out now. I had to search the email |
| 22:02 |
|
aklibrarian |
See and I was so happy I found the email. |
| 22:02 |
|
chris |
that will be the clunky one :) |
| 22:02 |
|
chris |
it works but its slow :) |
| 22:02 |
|
aklibrarian |
Is it slow on a machine that isn't on the net. |
| 22:03 |
|
chris |
its using the big form based marc editor, so its slow to render the page |
| 22:05 |
|
aklibrarian |
Do you know when a better one may be out |
| 22:07 |
|
chris |
you want to ask the other chris that, foxnorth |
| 22:07 |
|
chris |
i think its not far away |
| 22:08 |
|
aklibrarian |
Sounds good. He is logged on, but I assume away from his computer. |
| 22:08 |
|
aklibrarian |
As a librarian, that is the one task that I want to do the most. Mainly because my database is probably ten times the size it needs to be compared to if the records were merged. |
| 22:09 |
|
chris |
you arent alone there |
| 22:10 |
|
chris |
there is so much redundant data floating around out there |
| 22:11 |
|
aklibrarian |
YEP. I hate sloppy databases. |
| 22:11 |
|
aklibrarian |
I wanted to do this before Thanksgiving (Three weeks) so that I had a reason to be in the big town for that week. If I was working with the systems tech, could count it as a workday. If not I will be off that whole week. |
| 22:19 |
|
aklibrarian |
If I was looking for Linux based programs to help run a library do you know a good place to go. |
| 22:21 |
|
chris |
oss4lib.info |
| 22:21 |
|
chris |
bbiab |
| 22:23 |
|
aklibrarian |
Have fun |
