IRC log for #koha, 2014-02-23

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05:38 mayank During importing records in the koha I am getting multiple iteams
05:39 mayank this is happening for every book what should I do to make it single entry?
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07:59 * cait waves
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13:53 embiopterid Hey all.  I've noticed that a z39.50 search often seems to fail to retrieve records even when they definitely exist on the server.  For example, I can find it on the library of congress website, download and import it manually, but a z39.50 search fails to find it through the library of congress even when I use the exact call number.
13:54 embiopterid Am I missing something? (I guess that's pretty likely actually)
14:05 jcamins embiopterid: is this a problem for *all* searches?
14:06 jcamins (all Z39.50 searches)
14:09 jcamins My guess would be that call number isn't included in the keyword index for Z39.50.
14:09 jcamins Unless no searches to LC are working, in which case my guess would be that you have a firewall.
14:48 embiopterid oh, sorry, was working.  No it is not a problem for all searches.
14:49 embiopterid But it is pretty strange, when I download the marc record manually all the information I got from the front-matter or wherever I got it is there and usually correct.
14:50 embiopterid does z39.50 require that I open ports coming into the firewall?  I'm not a z39 server or anything.
14:51 jcamins No, but lots of firewalls block the ports outgoing.
14:51 jcamins I don't know what the problem is, then.
14:53 embiopterid Well, that's not the case here.  Thanks.  I was thinking I could maybe just add more z39 servers, but still if it's in the library of congress on-line it should come up in a z39 search shouldn't it?
14:53 jcamins Probably.
14:53 embiopterid Why wouldn't it? Don't they run off the same database?
14:53 jcamins But it's possible that is not an absolute rule, or, as I said, that you're searching fields that aren't indexed in the field you're searching.
14:53 jcamins No idea.
14:53 * jcamins doesn't work for the library of congress.
14:54 embiopterid Oh, ya, of course :)
14:55 embiopterid Well, that's what I'm saying, the actual record does have that information in it.  Wouldn't that mean it's indexed?
14:55 jcamins No.
14:55 jcamins Not necessarily.
14:55 jcamins You wouldn't expect to be able to enter an author's name in the title field, after all, and keyword is more or less the same.
14:56 embiopterid Oh.  Ok, well I guess I'll just add more servers then.  Probly not a real problem since it works with most things.
14:56 jcamins You might try searching by something different for those books.
14:56 jcamins For example, title instead of LCCN/ISBN/whatever.
14:57 embiopterid Oh ya, I did that already...all kinds of stuff, title, author, isbns, call numbers, whatever I could find.
14:57 jcamins In that case, the record is probably just suppressed from Z39.50 for some reason.
14:57 embiopterid Huh.  weak.
14:59 embiopterid Hey thanks for your help.  I would have tried to figure out what was wrong with my system for hours, but I guess it's just the servers.  I don't have that many yet...I figured the library of congress and some universities would probably be overkill by itself.
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20:41 wizzyrea hi
20:51 cait hi wizzyrea :)
21:05 rangi yay fixed my workstation
21:06 cait yay congrats :)
21:09 ibeardslee what had you done to it?
21:11 rangi no idea, grub had managed to get itslef utterly confused
21:11 rangi was mounting all the partitions in weird places
21:11 rangi sorted now
21:11 rangi it most likely was busted for ages, i just hadnt rebooted in 100+ days
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21:20 rangi laptop is still totally dead tho
21:21 cait do you know why?
21:21 rangi yeah i think powersupply
21:21 cait ah
21:21 cait but you want a new one, not going to try and fix?
21:21 rangi the keys started wigging out during the academy too,
21:21 cait ah
21:21 rangi i had 4 keys mapped to others
21:21 rangi so probably just get a new one
21:22 cait did you order a new one yet?
21:22 rangi nope
21:24 rangi on the upside, i now have a static ip :)
21:24 cait :)
21:34 mtj hey peeps
21:34 cait hi mtj :)
21:35 mtj meh, sorry to hear about your lappy rangi  :/
21:35 mtj hi cait :p
21:36 rangi gmcharlt: (and others) http://blogs.perl.org/users/ov[…]design-flaws.html
21:38 mtj i recently put an SSD drive in my lappy, its still quite a novelty :)
21:39 mtj …and now 16GB ram too
21:40 mtj has made a big difference :)
21:42 mtj i think i now have more RAM, than i currently need (1st time ever)
21:43 cjh_ rangi: really cute how it determines that "person" is the singular of "people"
21:46 rangi *nod*
21:46 mtj looks like an impressive big-deal change
21:54 cait @wunder Konstanz
21:54 huginn` cait: The current temperature in Taegerwilen, Taegerwilen, Germany is 0.6°C (10:50 PM CET on February 23, 2014). Conditions: Clear. Humidity: 90%. Dew Point: -1.0°C. Windchill: 1.0°C. Pressure: 30.12 in 1020 hPa (Steady).
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22:04 wizzyrea it's so upsetting when a laptop dies.
22:08 cait true
22:42 cait wizzyrea: could you proof read something for me?
22:43 cait http://bugs.koha-community.org[…]ment.cgi?id=25351 < French/English, but otherwise ok?
22:44 cait well or any other native speaker who happens to be around :)
22:48 dcook cait: What is it that you want proofread?
22:48 dcook The actual text in the patch?
22:48 dcook I suppose that would make sense..
22:49 cait change in description of a pref
22:49 wahanui cait: that doesn't look right
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22:49 cait i didn't ask you wahanui ;)
22:49 cait and hi dcook :)
22:49 cait i guess i should be sleeping
22:49 dcook hi :)
22:49 dcook Probably :p
22:51 dcook It looks pretty good, I think? I would capitalize English and French, but that's probably it.
22:52 cait thx :)
23:00 cait good night all :)
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23:19 wizzyrea sorry cait wasn't watching - will leave you a later
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23:51 eythian hi
23:51 dcook hey, eythian

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