SEMI-AUTOMATING BATCH EDITING MARC RECORDS : USING MARCEDIT November 26, 2015 Cynthia Ng @TheRealArty

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

CHOOSE THE TOOL MarcEdit PyMARC (Python) MARC::RECORD (Perl)

OPERATIONS add (sub)fields delete (sub)fields swap (sub)fields reorder (sub)fields find/replace (sub)fields data edit indicators

DECIDING TASKS

=LDR 01249cam a22003857i 4500 =001 39952 =005 20150925220242.0 =008 150501t20152015oncb\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ =010 \\$a 2014455313 =020 \\$a9781552453056 (pbk.) =035 \\$a(OCoLC)ocn897352758 =050 00$aPR9199.3.A365$bF53 2015 =082 04$aC813/.54$223 =100 1\$aAlexis, André,$d1957‐$eauthor. =245 10$aFifteen dogs :$ban apologue /$cAndré Alexis. =250 \\$aFirst edition. =264 \1$aToronto :$bCoach House Books,$c2015 =300 \\$a171 pages :$bmaps ;$c21 cm =650 \0$aDogs$vFiction$aAnimal intelligence$vFiction$aAllegories. =650 \0$aIntellect$vFiction. =650 \0$aConsciousness in animals$vFiction. =901 \\$a39952$b$c39952$tbiblio =906 \\$a7$bcbc$ccopycat$d3$encip$f20$gy‐gencatlg =925 0\$aacquire$b1 shelf copy$xpolicy default =955 \\$bhc08 2015‐05‐01 z‐processor$ihc08 2015‐05‐05 to BCCD

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Find: (\$a[^$]*) Replace: $+/r "Use Regular Expression" option checked Source: Regular Expression Recursive Replacement in MarcEdit

SEPARATING TASKS

All Records All Audio Example Vendor Delete 9xx fields Move ISBN Separate subject headers Delete 09x fields ... ...

AUTOMATING YOUR TASKS

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TAKE AWAY

THANKS! Cynthia Ng @TheRealArty about.me/cynthiang