[Evergreen-catalogers] Batch editing the 008

Kate Coleman kcoleman at jeffcolib.org
Wed Oct 28 14:19:36 EDT 2020


Janet, my stuff used to automatically load a queue and not download without
the say so, but now it does it automatically. What am I missing? Here's my
import screen.

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:16 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org> wrote:

> I do the load in two steps when I'm doing something like this for the
> first time. First I create a queue only. Then I check to be sure the
> matching is correct and load a record.  If the overlay is good, then I load
> the rest of the file.
>
>
> Janet
>
>
> Janet Schrader
>
> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:16 PM Kate Coleman <kcoleman at jeffcolib.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I've tested an export, but it was a CSV file, so I had no issues doing it
>> that way. I had to change the file extension to .mrc, but it took the
>> change just fine and loaded into MarcEdit. Thanks for the advice. I'll just
>> try to export and import back in. Anything's faster than having to go in
>> one by one and change the bibs!
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:13 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
>>>
>>> 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 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
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