[Evergreen-catalogers] Call for updated MARC templates

[Danielle Davis]

Don,

I really like this idea.  I find that, instead of using a template, I generally tend to find a MARC record for an item that is similar (especially for genealogy and local history), copy and paste it, and edit/adapt it for use with the new item in hand.

Best,

Danielle

From: Evergreen-catalogers [mailto:evergreen-catalogers-bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of Donald Butterworth
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 9:35 AM
To: Evergreen Community Catalogers <evergreen-catalogers at list.evergreen-ils.org>
Subject: Re: [Evergreen-catalogers] Call for updated MARC templates

Galen and All,
It really is too bad that the MARC templates have to be hard coded. It would be SO much better if us catalogers could just create whatever we want and save it. For example, we have developed a monster RDA Archive MARC Record template which we are glad to share. (It is only our archival records that are not first created in WorldCat) It contains every imaginable field and subfield that relates to archival collections. But it is also filled with text, to act as prompts for the people who create the records; text that must be deleted or overwritten before the record becomes public.
It certainly wouldn't be appropriate to use as an out-of-the-box template. But having that text there, and changeable, is a very handy thing.
So what's your pleasure? You want a copy of the monster?
Don

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org<mailto:gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>> wrote:
Hi,

The MARC templates that ship with Evergreen were last updated in 2007
and thus far predate RDA. I would like to see if we can ship more, and
newer templates in Evergreen 3.0, and to that end would like to ask
for your help.

In particular, I'd like to know what folks doing original cataloging
in Evergreen would want as a decent, but not necessarily overwhelming,
set of templates.  Do we want a template for each common video format?
Do we want AACR2 and RDA versions of the common templates? What else
should I be asking for?

I would also like to ask folks to share what custom templates they're
using now.  If you have access to your Evergreen server, they are
typically found in the /openils/var/templates/marc/ directory;
templates can also be shared as MARCXML or MARC records.

Regards,

Galen
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