[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MARC templates

[Cerninakova Eva]

Thanks Jason,
this is a very useful point of view for me at the moment.
Eva



2012/11/27 Jason Etheridge <jason at esilibrary.com>

> <asterisks>
> >  It doesn't not seem as a bad idea to me,  but I wonder if it could
> cause a
> > problem  in  Evergreen in the case  that the catalogers forget to fill in
> > the  right data and asterisk would remain in the MARC record hen it is
> > saved.
>
> Just a point to consider.  There have been many times when I have
> migrated data from other systems into Evergreen and encounter values
> like "*** REQUIRED FIELD ***".  Without teeth to enforce the
> restrictions, people will either forget, or choose to skip the needed
> data entry, maybe with the idea of coming back later (and then
> forgetting).
>
> That said, we could develop a framework for enforcing restrictions in
> the MARC, given will and resources.
>
> -- Jason
>



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