From: Kaygan Z. <ze...@gm...> - 2011-04-26 11:07:44
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Hi all, I want to know thats; What ils drivers work or what it means integration vufind with koha? For example if my ils system was built with koha. And i installed the vufind, configured its driver to koha. Then will vufind work with koha synchrony? When i add a new item to my library, will that record shown at vufind automatically? Or must i add to vufind it manually? We use 080 at call numbers. Our ils driver is not exist. What should i do to show items' call number? With my best regards, |
From: Demian K. <dem...@vi...> - 2011-04-26 12:54:08
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The ILS drivers serve two main purposes: 1.) They provide real-time status of items (i.e. is it on shelf or checked out?) 2.) They provide access to patron information (user profiles, fines, holds, etc.) If you have your driver configured correctly, you should see call numbers and availability statuses as part of your search results. If you are not seeing the correct call numbers, you might have to adjust the way call numbers are loaded in the getHolding method of web/Drivers/Koha.php. The ILS driver only deals with real-time communication with the ILS. It does NOT automatically import records for you. In order to keep VuFind's index up to date, you need to set up a process to automatically export MARC records from your ILS and load them into VuFind using the import-marc.sh script. This is completely independent from the driver. I hope this is helpful - please let me know if you still have questions or problems. - Demian From: Kaygan Zemin [mailto:ze...@gm...] Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:08 AM To: vuf...@li... Subject: [VuFind-General] understanding vufind and implementation... Hi all, I want to know thats; What ils drivers work or what it means integration vufind with koha? For example if my ils system was built with koha. And i installed the vufind, configured its driver to koha. Then will vufind work with koha synchrony? When i add a new item to my library, will that record shown at vufind automatically? Or must i add to vufind it manually? We use 080 at call numbers. Our ils driver is not exist. What should i do to show items' call number? With my best regards, |
From: Altaf M. <alt...@gm...> - 2011-04-26 13:01:48
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Kaygan, On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Kaygan Zemin <ze...@gm...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to know thats; > > What ils drivers work or what it means integration vufind with koha? The existing drivers connect with ILS and retrieve associated information to display. That's how a ILS actually integrated with VuFind For example if my ils system was built with koha. And i installed the > vufind, configured its driver to koha. > Then will vufind work with koha synchrony? No, unless you're using Koha's ILS-DI API functionality which is a reliable connection and less likely to break. When i add a new item to my library, will that record shown at vufind > automatically? Or must i add to vufind it manually? > Yes, you've to upload bibliographic records manually, driver's job is to find the associated information (holding status, patron's login etc.). > > We use 080 at call numbers. Our ils driver is not exist. What should i do > to show items' call number? > Call No. is also retrieved from database for a particular item, so you need a driver to show that. -- Altaf Mahmud System Programmer Ayesha Abed Library BRAC University Bangladesh. |
From: Altaf M. <alt...@gm...> - 2011-04-26 13:05:12
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Oops! I just repeat the Demian's suggestion. I didn't notice Demian's reply while replying to this thread :) On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Altaf Mahmud <alt...@gm...>wrote: > Kaygan, > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Kaygan Zemin <ze...@gm...> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I want to know thats; >> >> What ils drivers work or what it means integration vufind with koha? > > > The existing drivers connect with ILS and retrieve associated information > to display. That's how a ILS actually integrated with VuFind > > For example if my ils system was built with koha. And i installed the >> vufind, configured its driver to koha. >> Then will vufind work with koha synchrony? > > > No, unless you're using Koha's ILS-DI API functionality which is a reliable > connection and less likely to break. > > When i add a new item to my library, will that record shown at vufind >> automatically? Or must i add to vufind it manually? >> > > Yes, you've to upload bibliographic records manually, driver's job is to > find the associated information (holding status, patron's login etc.). > >> >> We use 080 at call numbers. Our ils driver is not exist. What should i do >> to show items' call number? >> > > Call No. is also retrieved from database for a particular item, so you need > a driver to show that. > > > > -- > Altaf Mahmud > System Programmer > Ayesha Abed Library > BRAC University > Bangladesh. > > -- Altaf Mahmud System Programmer Ayesha Abed Library BRAC University Bangladesh. |
From: Altaf M. <alt...@gm...> - 2011-04-26 13:10:03
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I've missed a word.... On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Kaygan Zemin <ze...@gm...> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to know thats; > > What ils drivers work or what it means integration vufind with koha? > The existing drivers connect with ILS *database* and retrieve associated information to display. That's how a ILS actually integrated with VuFind. -- Altaf Mahmud System Programmer Ayesha Abed Library BRAC University Bangladesh. |