[Evergreen-catalogers] Call for updated MARC templates

[Rogan Hamby]

A small clarification is probably necessary here as it has some
implications.  Usually the term "hard coded" means when something is bound
into the source code of an application it self and Evergreen's templates
are not.  The exist as external xml files that are loaded in a templates
marc folder and Evergreen reads them from.  So, they can in fact be shared
on WIKIs and between users.  What Galen is trying to do is not impossible
for anyone currently, in fact any Evergreen server sysadmin should be able
to do it.   But, he is improving the stock installation.

With that said, what you're really asking about isn't templates loaded at
the database level that can be imported and exported from the staff client
without the intervention of systems administrators.  I believe there is a
bug open for that already and don't think anyone would argue that wouldn't
be welcome.  The db part should be pretty simple.  The staff client part I
don't know.




Rogan Hamby

Data and Project Analyst

Equinox Open Library Initiative

phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)

email:  rogan at EquinoxInitiative.org
web:  http://EquinoxInitiative.org

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> 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> 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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>
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