[Evergreen-catalogers] Loading authorities through the client

[Mary Llewellyn]

Hi Jane,

Thanks. I'll try it. The auth record is one I just exported from OCLC, so I
would expect it to be valid.

Can I assume that you don't use a setting for the Merge Profile, since
you're not matching on anything?

Mary


On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>
> Here's how I usually do this:
>
> 1. Record Type=Authority records
> 2. Give the queue a name
> 3. Record match set = LBCC AUTH
> 4. Record Source=[name of authority vendor]
> 5. Import non-matching records should be checked, all others unchecked
> 6. Choose the authority file and upload
>
> The LBCC AUTH record match set is very simple, just matching on the
> normalized heading.
>
> It might also be worth throwing your file into Terry Reese's MarcEdit
> program to double check that the record is valid MARC.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
>    -Jane
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Mary Llewellyn <mllewell at biblio.org>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > If anyone is uploading authority records through the client, would you
> mind
> > sharing with me what your Record Match set looks like and what settings
> you
> > are using for the upload itself. I've been experimenting and all I get
> is a
> > scrolling bar after it looks like the file (of one record!) has been
> > uploaded, like this thing is processing forever, and I never see a
> resulting
> > queue. Guidance would be deeply appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mary
> >
> >
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