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| Time | Nick | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 12:26 | fbcit-away | kados: tried submitting my two patches again. I may have a problem with sendmail so I'll check back on Monday. |
| 15:47 | kados | fbcit-away: ok, sounds good |
| 20:20 | thd | kados: are you there? |
| 21:35 | chris | heya darla, i hear you got koha up and running? |
| 21:36 | aklibrarian | I have it installed. Now I have to get to it. This is my own installation. My library has it up and going. The job is split between a great computer guy for the system and me for the library specifics. |
| 21:36 | I just want it on a local machine so I can play with it more. | |
| 21:36 | chris | *nod* |
| 21:44 | aklibrarian | I didn't expect quite such a learning curve. I have a lot more respect for Dan, the guy that keeps the system running now than I did before. I had respect for him before, but it is more now. |
| 21:44 | I still haven't figured a good way to use the shell. | |
| 21:44 | chris | system admin is an underappreciated profession |
| 21:46 | aklibrarian | Until it goes dead. Then everyone appreciates it. |
| 21:47 | Chris, did you tell me about a part of Koha that would help you integrate seperate libraries to a union? | |
| 21:50 | chris | hmmm i dont think so .. are you thinking to merge catalogues together? |
| 21:51 | aklibrarian | Right now we have just added all the catalogs into one. |
| 21:51 | chris | with the indedpendent branches features in 3.0 you can run a union catalogue with each library having its own rules/patrons |
| 21:52 | aklibrarian | This means I have a really big collection of marc records. I want to pare it down |
| 21:52 | chris | ahhh |
| 21:52 | so merging like records together ? | |
| 21:52 | aklibrarian | Yes |
| 21:53 | I feel that this will make things look better, allow for faster searching, and in general make me happier. | |
| 21:53 | chris | yes |
| 21:54 | there is a feature liblime developed for an nz library to do that .. but its pretty clunky .. there is a much better cataloguing tool on its way which will allow you to merge records | |
| 21:55 | aklibrarian | Any idea on the timeline? |
| 22:01 | chris | ahh you want to ask the other chris that |
| 22:01 | northfox is the nickname he uses | |
| 22:01 | aklibrarian | I was right Chris. I thought I remembered it was you. You sent me a weblink that I am trying out now. I had to search the email |
| 22:02 | See and I was so happy I found the email. | |
| 22:02 | chris | that will be the clunky one :) |
| 22:02 | it works but its slow :) | |
| 22:02 | aklibrarian | Is it slow on a machine that isn't on the net. |
| 22:03 | chris | its using the big form based marc editor, so its slow to render the page |
| 22:05 | aklibrarian | Do you know when a better one may be out |
| 22:07 | chris | you want to ask the other chris that, foxnorth |
| 22:07 | i think its not far away | |
| 22:08 | aklibrarian | Sounds good. He is logged on, but I assume away from his computer. |
| 22:08 | As a librarian, that is the one task that I want to do the most. Mainly because my database is probably ten times the size it needs to be compared to if the records were merged. | |
| 22:09 | chris | you arent alone there |
| 22:10 | there is so much redundant data floating around out there | |
| 22:11 | aklibrarian | YEP. I hate sloppy databases. |
| 22:11 | I wanted to do this before Thanksgiving (Three weeks) so that I had a reason to be in the big town for that week. If I was working with the systems tech, could count it as a workday. If not I will be off that whole week. | |
| 22:19 | If I was looking for Linux based programs to help run a library do you know a good place to go. | |
| 22:21 | chris | oss4lib.info |
| 22:21 | bbiab | |
| 22:23 | aklibrarian | Have fun |
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