<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Kate,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am not aware of any way to batch edit specific positions on the 008 or LDR. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">There is a possibility that a regular expression could be designed to replace a character in a specific position but that's beyond my abilities.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">There is an old <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1456685" target="_blank">launchpad bug</a> that refers to the wish to be able to support manipulation of control fields and the Leader -- which I would love to see!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I'm copying in the general listserv to see if anybody else out there has a workaround other than export to MarcEdit.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jennifer</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Jennifer
Weston, MLIS<span></span></span></p>

<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Implementation Project
Manager</span><div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">Equinox Open Library Initiative</span><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) ext. 5574</span><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%">email:  <span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:jennifer.weston@equinoxinitiative.org" target="_blank">jennifer.weston@equinoxinitiative.org</a></span></span><br></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">web:    </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="https://equinoxinitiative.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://EquinoxInitiative.org</span></a></span></u><br></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 10:40 AM Kate Coleman <<a href="mailto:kcoleman@jeffcolib.org" target="_blank">kcoleman@jeffcolib.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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. <br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br>Kate Coleman, MLIS<br></div><div>Technical Services Librarian</div><div>Missouri Evergreen Consortium <br></div><div>5678 State Rd. PP<br>
High Ridge, MO 63049<br>
636-677-8689<br>
Fax: 636--677-1769<br>
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