[Evergreen-catalogers] FW: [Bug 1836097] [NEW] Wishlist - automatically set the 008 date correctly for a new MARC record

[Lynn Floyd]

Here is another but request that you all may be interested in.  

Lynn Floyd
Lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org
Anderson County Library
Anderson, SC


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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2:47 PM
To: lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org
Subject: [Bug 1836097] [NEW] Wishlist - automatically set the 008 date correctly for a new MARC record

Public bug reported:

Each MARC template uses an xml record which defines the default tag info to use including the dates.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<record>
<leader>00620nam a22 i 4500</leader>
<controlfield tag="008">070101s eng d</controlfield> <datafield tag="010" ind1="" ind2=""> <subfield code="a"></subfield> </datafield> <datafield tag="020" ind1="" ind2=""> <subfield code="a"></subfield> </datafield>

The first six numbers (008/00-05, which currently come up as 070101) are supposed to be the date the file was created in yymmdd format (see https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008a.html ).

Wishlist request to add a TODAY()-esque function, to automatically complete the date with the date the record is created

** Affects: evergreen
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Wishlist - automatically set the 008 date correctly for a new MARC
  record

Status in Evergreen:
  New

Bug description:
  Each MARC template uses an xml record which defines the default tag
  info to use including the dates.

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <record>
  <leader>00620nam a22 i 4500</leader>
  <controlfield tag="008">070101s eng d</controlfield>
  <datafield tag="010" ind1="" ind2="">
  <subfield code="a"></subfield>
  </datafield>
  <datafield tag="020" ind1="" ind2="">
  <subfield code="a"></subfield>
  </datafield>

  The first six numbers (008/00-05, which currently come up as 070101)
  are supposed to be the date the file was created in yymmdd format (see
  https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd008a.html ).

  Wishlist request to add a TODAY()-esque function, to automatically
  complete the date with the date the record is created

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Lynn Floyd
Head of Information Technology
Anderson County Library
Anderson, SC
lfloyd at andersonlibrary.org