[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Updating subject headings per LC announcements

[Yamil Suarez]

Jane,

I am not a cataloger, I am a sysadmin, but I would suggest that you
send this question to the EG cataloging mailing list as well. You
might get more feedback on that list.

http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-catalogers

Also, I wanted to mention that a way to try to change LC headings is
to take advantage of authority linking, so that changes to an
authority entry's main heading propagates to all the linked bibs.
Though, there are several steps that have to be taken to take
advantage of authority linking. Like periodically running a script to
link each bib to an existing (and matching) authority record in your
system.

Hope this helps,
Yamil



On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu> wrote:
> Hi Evergreen folks,
>
> Does anyone out there update subject headings in your local catalog when the
> LC announces their updates?  I'm playing with the idea of starting to do it
> semi-regularly, and would at least like to clean up some of the major
> recently changed subject headings.  For example, LC changed the heading
> "cookery" to "cooking" back in 2010, and of course, half of our materials
> are listed under the old heading, and half are listed under the new.
>
> Has anybody else done this kind of work in their Evergreen catalogs?  If so,
> would you mind sharing your workflows?  It seems like the "MARC Batch Edit"
> feature in record buckets might be helpful, but I would love to hear your
> advice, experiences, or words of caution.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>     -Jane
>
> --
> Jane Sandberg
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Linn-Benton Community College
> sandbej at linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655



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Berklee College of Music
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