A system that exports MARC21
As .mrc or MARCXML, with the copies in field 852 or in 952, the one Koha uses.
Comes in: the records and each copy, with its code, shelf mark, place, kind, date acquired and notes.
Step by step
Bring your library from anywhere
Nobody should type in a catalogue built over years. Take it out of the system you use, upload it, see what it brings and import it. With nothing to install and nothing to pay for it.
Four steps
- Take the data out of your systemLook for «export» in its menus: MARC21 if it offers it and, if not, a spreadsheet.
- Upload it and see what it bringsBefore anything is touched, you see your books on their shelf and how many records and copies they are. With a spreadsheet, columns are recognised by themselves and you correct any that is wrong.
- Import itA real library of 17,000 copies came in within 30 seconds. What is already there is not duplicated, so you can repeat it whenever you like.
- Bring in the readers and start lendingFrom a list, from OneRoster or from your Moodle. Print the labels you are missing and open the desk.
From wherever you are
You need not come from any particular system, or from any system at all.
A spreadsheet
Excel, LibreOffice or whichever you use, saved as CSV: one row per copy, or per title with how many it has. Rows with the same title, author and ISBN become one record.
Comes in: whatever your columns hold, and a new code for copies that have none.
A box of books
If you have nothing to export, scan the ISBN with a barcode reader or the camera: the record comes from public catalogues such as the Library of Congress or Open Library.
Comes in: the record and the cover, in batches, book by book.
No fear of getting it wrong
- You look firstNothing comes in until you say «Import». If you do not like it, «Leave it».
- All or nothingIf it does not fit your plan, it is undone whole. It is never left half done.
- You can repeat itKeep your system until the day you choose and import again: only what is new comes in.
- You can always leaveEvery night, a full copy in open formats any system can read.
And then, the readers
Each with their group, if they have one. If they already have an account they are matched to it; you decide on the doubtful ones, and duplicates are joined into one.
- A listA spreadsheet with their names, nothing more.
- OneRosterThe zip many student information systems export, versions 1.1 and 1.2.
- MoodleIts cohorts or its courses with groups, and they keep up to date by themselves.
- Another platformWith LTI 1.3, whoever comes in from it becomes a reader. And a connector, where the management platform allows it.
If you prefer, we do it with you
The assisted import costs €49 to €199 depending on size, excluding taxes, and it is free if you take the yearly plan within 30 days. We bring it in with you and check that everything is there.
Mail does not open? Write to contacto@oksigenia.com.
Questions about the move
Will my system work?
If it exports MARC21 or a spreadsheet, yes. If you are not sure, write to us with its name and we will look.
What if my books have no code?
They get a new one when imported, and labels are printed from the library itself, starting at the first free square on the sheet.
Do current loans come too?
From MARC21 or a spreadsheet, the catalogue and the copies come in, not the loans: it is best to switch with few books out, or to note them at the desk.
Can I keep my system in the meantime?
Yes. Import whenever you like, try it calmly and import again just before switching: nothing is duplicated.
What about my classification, UDC or Dewey?
It comes with each record or in its column, and call numbers stay as they are. The corners take whatever names and order you like.
Can I check afterwards what is really there?
Yes: do a stocktake with a phone or a barcode reader, place by place: it keeps what it reads even if the connection drops and, at the end, tells you what is missing and what was elsewhere.