Hi Robbie,
You can use a barcode scanner, but I'm not sure about doing it via the
serial port. Most barcode scanners connect either to the PS/2 keyboard
input via a y-adapter or to a usb port. By connecting to ps/2 or usb,
the output of the barcode scanner appears to the computer to be coming
from the keyboard and thus can be used to fill almost any text-based
input field.
You can do a batch import, but records will need to be in a standard
MARC format. If your other software program can do an export in MARC
format, you'll should be in good shape. However if it exports in some
other format, like perhaps comma delimited, then you'll have some
intermediate work to do to convert them to MARC before importing to
Koha.
Rob
Robbie Wallis wrote:
I am just evaluating the possibilities of using
Koha in a
Windows environment. Will it allow the use of a bar code scanner
attached via the
serial port? Also will it allow a batch import of a catalogue from
another
software program?
Thanks
Robbie
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