<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Jane,</div><div><br></div><div>I have not used MARC Batch Edit much. When I first tried to work with it I found it confusing, so I have relied upon MARCEdit for editing bib records. However, your e-mail prompted me to go back and look at it again.</div><div><br></div><div>As far as I can tell, you DO have to include a value in the MARC tag when adding a new MARC field to bib records. So, for example, to add a new MARC 650 field, I find that the following does NOT work. Note that the instruction in the 905 field is empty.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img src="cid:ii_15ea5d1fec34c3ee" alt="Inline image 1" width="544" height="381"><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>The following DOES add a new MARC field to my bib records.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_15ea6248748213b3" alt="Inline image 2" width="544" height="351"></div></div><div><br></div><div>If you include a value for Subfields I have found that a new MARC field is NOT added. Rather, a new subdivision is added to any existing fields with that same MARC tag. This seems to be the case regardless of what subfield is used.</div><div><br></div><div>So, the following will add the subdivision "United States" to all of the existing 650 fields.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_15ea9a8cdf45c122" alt="Inline image 1" width="563" height="267"><br></div><div><br></div><div>I must be missing something obvious here because, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to add a NEW MARC field if a field with the same tag already exists in the record.</div><div><br></div><div>I have not used the Replace function at all, so I cannot comment on that right now.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for working on this!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Jane Sandberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sandbej@linnbenton.edu" target="_blank">sandbej@linnbenton.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'm trying to improve my understanding of the MARC Batch Edit tool,<br>
and also get some more details into the official documentation. I'd<br>
appreciate any help you can provide.<br>
<br>
In Add mode:<br>
* Do the MARC Tag and Subfield fields need to be filled out if the<br>
MARC Data field is filled out?<br>
* What happens if the subfields listed in the Subfield field don't<br>
match the subfields listed in the MARC Data field?<br>
* Is there a way to add subfields to existing fields, or can you only<br>
add new fields?<br>
<br>
In Replace mode:<br>
* Is there a way to capture a group of characters from a regular<br>
expression and then use it in the MARC Data field? Or any other way<br>
to replace values based on what values are already there in one fell<br>
swoop?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
-Jane<br>
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