Before importing
You should consider ...
- Character set
- PDF layouts currently support only latin1 (there might be a valid fix)
- 0.x.x issue 19
- 0.x.x limited compatibility with MARC 21 / USMARC
- 0.x.x issue 1
- 0.x.x does not store MARC 21 Control fields and Indicators
Import methods
0.x.x
Circulation
Import members, history, etc. using methods outside OpenBiblio. This is not documented here.
For example: import a CSV file in the MySQL database.
Cataloging
- Import titles and copies using methods outside OpenBiblio.
- Separate script to upload a csv. Not very sophisticated but gets the job done. Patch 2097236
- Menu items (Cataloging tab)
- Upload Marc Data Import MARC 21 / USMARC files from other library systems.
- Upload CSV Data Import tab separated file plain text files from spreadsheet programs, etc. Patch 2001106
- On-line Search Using Z39.50 or SRU protocol. Find the most recent Lookup add-on release in OpenBiblio: Patches
10-wip
Cataloging
- Import titles and copies using methods outside OpenBiblio.
- Menu items
