[Evergreen-catalogers] Call for updated MARC templates

[Rogan Hamby]

Read that first sentence, second paragraph as "is templates" not "isn't
templates."  I need a lot more coffee.


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 9:43 AM, Rogan Hamby <rhamby at equinoxinitiative.org>
wrote:

> 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@
> 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
>>> --
>>> Galen Charlton
>>> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager
>>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>>> phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>> email:  gmc at equinoxInitiative.org
>>> web:  https://equinoxInitiative.org
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don Butterworth
>> Collection Management Librarian /
>> Faculty Associate
>> B.L. Fisher Library
>> Asbury Theological Seminary
>> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
>> (859) 858-2227
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