[Evergreen-catalogers] Batch editing the 008

Thu Oct 29 10:05:27 EDT 2020

I never had that issue but it has been years since I did it so changes to
Vandelay may have made it unnecessary. Since we use OCLC we rarely need to
batch edit bib records. And we only batchload ACQ records.

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 2:21 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org> wrote:

> Hi Elaine,
> When I chose a match-point, I got what looked like duplicate matches, i.e.
> each duplicate was the same record. It was Kathy Lussier who told me I
> didn't need the match-point. The system matched its own records on
> themselves, adding the match-point made it also look for that  specific
> match. I still loaded the ones that looked like duplicates without a
> problem, it just looked scary.
>
>
> Janet
>
>
> Janet Schrader
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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:17 PM Elaine Hardy <ehardy at georgialibraries.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>>
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>>> 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
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