Regarding language codes in bibliographic entry
Hi, Under language codes of 008/35-37 and also under 041$a I added language code. for eg: tel for Telugu language. But I do not see any difference to the view of the record, except that the marc tags contains that values. Adding these fields data will enable library team to understand the language of the material. My question is, How will the users of the OPAC, who do not know about marc language codes will understand the item language, if not updated any where like in 546$a. Also I wanted to know how other libraries are updating the language of the material in koha while entering bibliographic details apart from entering the details in 546$a. Iam asking this question specific to koha. -- Regards T. Suresh Kumar -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
Dear Suresh,
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Suresh Kumar Tejomurtula
Hi,
Under language codes of 008/35-37 and also under 041$a I added language code. for eg: tel for Telugu language. But I do not see any difference to the view of the record, except that the marc tags contains that values.
Adding these fields data will enable library team to understand the language of the material.
My question is, How will the users of the OPAC, who do not know about marc language codes will understand the item language, if not updated any where like in 546$a.
Short answer: Using modified XSLT files for your OPAC's results and display. Long answer: read this blog post - "Koha and the “magic” of XSLT : displaying new MARC fields on the OPAC" - A short tutorial on using XSLT to make MARC fields in your data visible on the OPAC. URL : http://blog.l2c2.co.in/index.php/2017/05/04/koha-and-the-magic-of-xslt-displ... hope this helps regards Indranil Das Gupta L2C2 Technologies
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