[Evergreen-catalogers] Cataloging module functions?

[Hardy, Elaine]

1)      No. Since PINES policy is to create new records in OCLC for
everything except items of an ephemeral nature, creating new bib records
in Evergreen is very rudimentary.

2)      Validation is against an authority file and not against MARC21
standards. At one time, there were plans to incorporate that but I don't
know where development is.

3)      As far as I know, there isn't any validation of MARC tags through
the Z39.50 interface. I have no idea about the batch importer. Since OCLC
is  the sole source for PINES bib records and they validate tags,
indicators, etc. to MARC 21 standards we didn't see the need for a
validator in the interface between the two. 

 

Elaine

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J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Ste 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304

404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org/pines




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[mailto:evergreen-catalogers-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of
Mary Llewellyn
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:50 PM
To: Evergreen Community Catalogers
Subject: [Evergreen-catalogers] Cataloging module functions?

 

Hi all,

 

Someone has given me a list of things they'd want for cataloging in an
ILS, and I'm trying to compare what I know of Evergreen cataloging with
their list. I'm not certain of a few things, and I wonder if anyone could
help me out.

 

1.       Can you "clone" a bib record in Evergreen? In other words, take
an existing bib and make a copy of it to use as a basis for a new bib
record, such as for a new edition of a title you already own? The closest
I see among actions for bib records is to open a record in a new tab, but
that just gives you the same record gain, same Database ID and all.

2.       Validation. I know there's a validation button in the MARC
editor, but I can't see that it does anything. What I was looking for was
some sign the bib's tags were being checked against a MARC 21 validation
table. 

3.       Is any validation of MARC tags done when a record in imported,
either through Z39.50 or the batch importer?

 

Thanks!

 

Mary

 

 

Mary Llewellyn

Database Manager

Bibliomation, Inc.

Middlebury, CT

mllewell at biblio.org

 

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