ByWater Question of the Week: Does ByWater Automatically Push Library of Congress Updates to Existing Koha Sites?

by Hebah Amin-Headley on Mar 14, 2025

Each Friday, we will bring you a new ByWater Question of the Week. We will select real questions that we receive and share the answers with you!

Question: Does ByWater Automatically Push Library of Congress Updates to Existing Koha Sites?

Answer: We do not push new Library of Congress MARC defaults to existing partner Koha sites. Because many libraries have made customizations to their frameworks, we do not want to override anything set up by a library. As Library of Congress updates roll out, those are implemented in blank installations for new libraries, but librarians can update their own frameworks.

The biggest precaution we have for framework modification is to be aware that deleting a tag or subfield can result in data loss if anything was in those fields.

Additional Resources

Koha Community GiftED: Bibliographic Frameworks

Video Tutorial on Editing Frameworks in Koha