[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Overlaying MARC bib records in batch file upload

[Jason Stephenson]

Quoting Steven Pisani <spisani at biblio.org>:

> Thanks, Kathy-- we actually explored that method, but found that the overlay
> did not work for us and the target bib record remained unchanged.   We would
> really prefer doing it that way, since the action takes place within the
> single queue instead of following up with the overlay via Z39.50.  We'll
> keep trying to see if there is something in the sequence of steps that we
> are missing.

When I've done a few imports that failed to overlay, I've gone back  
and merged the records using buckets. Not ideal, but it works.

The trouble with Vandelay is that it is extremely picky that you do  
things "just so."

Jason