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