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| Time | Nick | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 11:21 | kados | hey Brooke |
| 11:21 | Brooke | howdy |
| 11:21 | holy cannoli are there like a jillion new things in the new release :) | |
| 11:21 | yeah yeah | |
| 11:21 | rub it in :P | |
| 11:21 | kados | :) |
| 11:22 | Brooke | you better at least get a cheesesteak outta that deal |
| 11:22 | kados | sounds like you've been playing around with some of the new features, eh? |
| 11:22 | Brooke | or you should seriously consider telling off that CEO |
| 11:22 | well gee | |
| 11:22 | that's quick :) | |
| 11:22 | kados | which CEO? |
| 11:22 | Brooke | you ;) |
| 11:23 | kados | hehe |
| 11:24 | Brooke | so how close is the stuff on Chris' box to the alpha? |
| 12:09 | hdl | kados ? |
| 12:23 | kados | hi hdl |
| 12:33 | fbcit | kados still around? |
| 12:50 | kados | fbcit: sure am |
| 12:50 | fbcit: welcome back! | |
| 12:50 | fbcit | tnx its good to be back whole... :) |
| 12:51 | kados | I can imagine! :-) |
| 12:51 | fbcit | I have my metrologic scanner "working" |
| 12:51 | kados | w00t |
| 12:51 | fbcit | with a few beefs |
| 12:51 | kados | oh? |
| 12:51 | fbcit | when scanning it appends <CR> |
| 12:52 | this messes up isbn scans when adding a MARC record | |
| 12:52 | especially w/z3950 searches | |
| 12:52 | I cannot seem to find a single-liner to disable the <CR> | |
| 12:53 | kados | hmmm |
| 12:53 | fbcit | am I missing something obvious? |
| 12:53 | kados | I assume you've read the manual ? :-) |
| 12:53 | fbcit | right |
| 12:53 | kados | typically the way these things are configured is there's a 'config' mode you enter |
| 12:53 | fbcit | there are 80 some pages of single-line configs |
| 12:53 | kados | by scanning a special barcode |
| 12:53 | and then you can change the behavior using a bunch of other scanners | |
| 12:54 | oops, barcodes I mean | |
| 12:55 | so you might want to try Multi-code method | |
| 12:55 | look for Disable CR Suffix | |
| 12:55 | it's on page 40 of the PDF I've got | |
| 12:56 | fbcit | one other question |
| 12:57 | when scanning ISBN barcodes there is some other info in the barcode | |
| 12:57 | is there something I'm missing that strips that info to pass only the ISBN? | |
| 12:59 | the Metrologic was very simple to get working btw | |
| 12:59 | kados | hmmm, what's the other info in the barcode? |
| 12:59 | dashes or soemthing? | |
| 13:00 | fbcit | look here: http://www.writers-publish.com/isbn-bar-code.html |
| 13:01 | kados: I have to go teach. Be back after 10am est. | |
| 13:02 | kados | cool |
| 13:04 | hdl | kados : some question |
| 13:04 | a) Does someone work on opac-changelanguages ? | |
| 13:05 | It seems not to be committed at the moment. | |
| 13:05 | kados | hdl: really? |
| 13:05 | when did that happen? | |
| 13:05 | hdl | I havenot found it on git.koha.org |
| 13:21 | About itemcallnumbers management, who can tell me a bit more about the new stuff you wrote ? I have a library which has 3 types of itemcallnumbers : dewey, dewey suffix, and 3parts itemcallnumber :P 283, N°4 (novembre 2007) | |
| 13:22 | kados ? | |
| 13:22 | And lakados : how was ALA ? | |
| 13:26 | kados | galen is in the best position to talk about the new itemcallnumber management |
| 13:27 | ala was productive | |
| 15:16 | fbcit | kados ? |
| 15:25 | atz | he should be wrapping up things in philly this morning and flying home later today |
| 15:25 | don't know how much he'll be online | |
| 16:04 | kados | hey fbcit |
| 16:04 | fbcit: on for a bit | |
| 16:05 | fbcit | looking at the issues w/isbn I mentioned earlier |
| 16:06 | the upc on books is EAN-13 | |
| 16:06 | so when I scan it, I don't get ISBN, but need to run the EAN through an algorithm to produce ISBN | |
| 16:07 | it looks like there is some talk about storing EAN-13 data in MARC tag 024 | |
| 16:08 | I'm thinking it might be nice to be able to scan the UPC, store EAN-13 in the correct MARC tag and then convert to ISBN to populate that field | |
| 16:08 | then a z3950 search could be performed on ISBN | |
| 16:08 | or maybe this is already possible? | |
| 16:09 | kados | well, z39.50 already has a attribute set for searhing by isbn |
| 16:09 | and I'm guessing there must be a way that you can cofigure the scanner to strip out the isbn automatically | |
| 16:09 | ie, do it in the scanner rather than in koha | |
| 16:09 | IMO anyway | |
| 16:12 | fbcit | I have not found a setting in the scanner, but then I missed the <CR> setting so that's not saying much.. :) |
| 16:13 | kados | heh |
| 16:17 | fbcit | kados: got it... |
| 16:17 | kados | w00t |
| 16:17 | fbcit: might be worthwhile to document your success on the koha wiki :-) | |
| 16:17 | fbcit | you beat me to it... ;-) |
| 16:18 | kados | heh |
| 16:18 | fbcit | this is cool |
| 16:19 | now, if we can make the scanner select the z3950 button after scanning.... | |
| 16:19 | kados | well ... |
| 16:20 | actually, the z39.50 popup is going to have the isbn field in it | |
| 16:20 | so you won't have to type it in the MARC record | |
| 16:20 | ryan already wrote that bit, it just needs to be merged into 3.0 | |
| 16:20 | ryan: you around? | |
| 16:20 | fbcit | I don't have to type it in now |
| 16:20 | kados | fbcit: so the user will click on 'z39.50 search', and just scan, and the CR will initiate the search |
| 16:21 | fbcit | ahh |
| 16:21 | leme try it | |
| 16:22 | problem is, the z3950 popup will not open if certain MARC tags are not provided | |
| 16:22 | maybe that validation should be removed | |
| 16:22 | ? | |
| 16:24 | kados | fbcit: just talked to ryan, he's going to commit the dev_week form for Z39.50 |
| 16:24 | fbcit: I'll push it up as soon as I get it | |
| 16:24 | fbcit | great |
| 16:27 | kados | fbcit: yea, that validation will have to be removed |
| 16:27 | fbcit | will the dev_week form take isbn? |
| 16:27 | rather | |
| 16:27 | lccn | |
| 16:28 | kados | it could |
| 16:28 | easy enough to add that | |
| 16:28 | fbcit | I fixed the current form to accept lccn |
| 16:28 | I'd hate to loose that | |
| 16:28 | kados | *nod* |
| 16:30 | fbcit | kados: can you recommend a good list/channel for asking librarian type questions? |
| 16:31 | kados | hmmm |
| 16:31 | not really | |
| 16:31 | atz | besides code4lib? |
| 16:31 | kados | I don't think librarians hang out on IRC |
| 16:32 | atz: not really for librarians | |
| 16:32 | atz: more for programmers who happen to work in libraries | |
| 16:32 | atz | yeah, though for my purposes, a lot of ppl who know more about librarianship than me |
| 16:32 | kados | I think fbcit is looking for something like webjunction or soemthing |
| 16:32 | and code4lib is heavily academic-library focused | |
| 16:32 | atz | fbcit: you can always call your local reference librarian and treat it as a reference question |
| 16:33 | kados | hehe |
| 16:33 | fbcit | :) |
| 16:33 | kados | atz++ |
| 16:35 | fbcit | kados: what section of the wiki would you suggest putting the barcode scanner stuff? |
| 16:35 | kados | I'd link to it from the Migration Notes area I suppose |
| 16:36 | or somewhere in the Instalaltion and Migration section | |
| 16:36 | with a namespace like http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?[…]:barcode_scanners | |
| 16:36 | or something | |
| 01:05 | fbcit | kados: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?[…]:ms9590_voyagergs |
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