Re: [Koha-devel] zebra for multi-marc

[毛慶禎]

Hi Paul and Thomas,

2007/3/8, Paul POULAIN <address@hidden>:
> I already have migrated a library from MARC21 to UNIMARC (with very
> complete MARC records), so I already have some code written. But I
> don't have even a minute do investigate wether my code can be
> re-used & remove Koha specific stuff.

So far as I know, few people trying to compile the MARC21 to UNIMARC
conversion table.

Taiwan made a USMARC to UNIMARC and UNIMARC to UNIMARC conversion
table during 1980s.  That table used by Innovative for National Taiwan
Bibliographic Network, NBINet.

2007/3/9, Thomas Dukleth <address@hidden>:
> 3.  REASONS FOR NEEDING SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE MARC SEMANTICS.
> There is are some catalogues in Taiwan which simultaneously return
> some records in semantics based on USMARC or MARC 21 and some based
> on UNIMARC.

Yes, we did.
We catalog Chinese language books based on Chinese MARC which derived
from UNIMARC.
We catalog western language books, including English, French, etc.,
based on USMARC because the original catalog information come from
OCLC.


> 4.  OTHER SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE MARC SOFTWARE.
> I am uncertain whether the different record semantics
> were indexed centrally in the case of the catalogues that I know of
> in Taiwan.  This may be an issue for the European Library union
> catalogue.

So far as I know, NBINet(National Taiwan Bibliographic Network) accept
bibliographic records form its member libraries.  Those records
formats including USMARC, MARC 21 and Chinese MARC version 3 and
version 4, maybe more.  Chinese MARC derived from UNIMARC.

NBINet make dozens index for title, author, subject headings, etc. for
each MARC format.

NBINet do not change any bibliographic records.  NBINet ask member
libraries specify its MARC format for the purpose of indexing only.

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Best regards


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