[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen: Mass Delete of Uploaded MARCs

[Rogan Hamby]

I'll second Jason's recommendation.  We use different sources as well and
it makes a lot of things, especially with electronic resource bibs, much
simpler.


On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>
wrote:

> Hi, Geoff.
>
> Our work flow for vendors who send us records for electronic
> items, ebooks, etc., is rather simple.
>
> We create a bib source for each vendor and then upload the
> records and assign the appropriate bib source.
>
> When the time comes, we can then delete all the records from the
> bib source.
>
> Segregating the records by source makes it easy to do updates,
> deletes, etc., in batch.  I usually write special scripts to keep
> the records up to date depending on the requirements of the
> vendor and how they make the records available.
>
> Barring the use of bib sources, you'll have to identify the
> records using vendor codes in whatever field they put them in.
> Exactly where you'd look varies depending on your Evergreen
> configuration and the vendor.  Plus, I'm not a cataloger, so I've
> not memorized all of the MARC fields. :)
>
> Hope that Helps,
> Jason
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> Jason Stephenson
> Assistant Director for Technology Services
> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
> 4 High ST, Suite 175
> North Andover, MA 01845
> Phone: 978-557-5891
> Email: jstephenson at mvlc.org
>
>
>


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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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