[Evergreen-catalogers] Batch editing the 008

[Elaine Hardy]

It has been some time since I used MARC edit for this, since we are an OCLC
library, but I would match on the 001 --  the database ID/record ID. THat
was an option in MARC import, with full overlay.

Elaine

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:13 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org> wrote:

> Hi Kate,
>
> I've created record buckets to export out records, used MARCedit, and
> reloaded records. I load back in with no match-points and the records match
> on everything, then use the default merge profile 'full overlay'.
>
> I'm having a problem exporting records from buckets in the web client
> right now. The file extension is webpage and not .mrc, so I've been using
> xul to get the records out, but all the rest in the web client. Maybe
> someone on the list will see this and let me know what I'm doing wrong.
>
>
> Janet
>
>
> Janet Schrader
>
> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>
> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>
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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:00 PM Kate Coleman <kcoleman at jeffcolib.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Janet, that's exactly why I was trying to avoid MarcEdit. I use it daily
>> to edit my batch on-order MARCs, but exporting, editing, and importing back
>> in sounds a bit daunting. I've never even batchloaded into EG when it's not
>> an on-order load, so I'm not even sure what my matchpoints and all that
>> should be.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:58 AM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kate,
>>>
>>> I can't answer about batch editing in Evergreen, but I've been using
>>> MARCedit to batch edit records to add or correct data in the 008 and 007
>>> fields as well as main and added entries and subject headings. The editing
>>> part is so easy that the inconvenience of export and import can be
>>> overlooked. I can also load sample records to make sure my edit(s) work.
>>> I have more issues with the limitations of Vandelay than with using
>>> MARCedit for changes as we try to limit file size for record loads to 1,000
>>> at a time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet
>>>
>>>
>>> Janet Schrader
>>>
>>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>>
>>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>>
>>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> jschrader at cwmars.org  ||  http;//cwmars.org <http://www.cwmars.org/>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:40 AM Kate Coleman <kcoleman at jeffcolib.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of a way to batch edit the 008? I successfully batch
>>>> added an 007 field, but not sure I can do anything to the 008. I need to
>>>> change the "type" from "a" to "i" on hundreds of bibs. I'm hoping to not
>>>> have to export them, edit them in MarcEdit, and re-import them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kate Coleman, MLIS
>>>> Technical Services Librarian
>>>> Missouri Evergreen Consortium
>>>> 5678 State Rd. PP
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