Koha Question of the Week: How Do I Add a Link to a Record?

by Hebah Amin-Headley on Jul 28, 2023

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

Question: How Do I Add a Link to a Record?

Answer: Sometimes libraries have records that need to link out to an electronic resource. The most common way to add that link to a record is via the 856 tag.

From that tag, which will typically be included in the default framework and visible in the basic editor, librarians can add hyperlinks out to electronic resources, using the 856$u for the URL and 856$y for the text of the hyperlink. Other libraries may need to link out to documents they host; the upload box to the right of the 856$u field allows for libraries to upload a file and link to it from the bibliographic record.