[DCRM-L] Local MARC cataloging systems

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Thanks Allison, Annie, and the others who responded privately. Apparently the whole world knew about MARC Edit except for me.

Catalogers will be encoding in MARC. The project is in the discussion stage and Brian Geiger (ESTC/NA) and I are exploring options.

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Allison Jai O'Dell
Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:46
To: DCRM Users' Group
Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Local MARC cataloging systems

MarcEdit basically picks up where MARCMaker left off for data conversation.  It's easy to install and pretty intuitive to use.

Deborah, could you clarify whether your catalogers will be encoding records in MARC themselves?  Or do you just need to extract information from existing MARC records?


Allison

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:05 AM, ANN W. COPELAND <auc1 at psu.edu<mailto:auc1 at psu.edu>> wrote:
MarcEdit is used heavily here. I haven't used it myself but I could easily connect you to our person who extracts, uploads and does all manner of MARC things with it - freely available as well.
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From: "Deborah J. Leslie" <DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu<mailto:DJLeslie at FOLGER.edu>>
To: "DCRM Users' Group" <dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu<mailto:dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu>>
Cc: "Brian K Geiger" <brian.geiger at ucr.edu<mailto:brian.geiger at ucr.edu>>
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:37:50 PM
Subject: [DCRM-L] Local MARC cataloging systems

Does anyone have knowledge of or advice about freely accessible MARC cataloging software? I know about MARCMaker, which has been around for a long time. However, it is not available for Windows 7, and there's no reason to think it will be updated.

I'm coordinating a project in which catalogers will create original DCRM(B) records for the ESTC database, based on full digital images of in-scope items not yet in the ESTC. In order to make this feasible, the individual catalogers need to be working in a program that allows importing of MARC data; this program needs to be freely available, and preferably easy to use.

All suggestions welcome.

Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S. | Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library
djleslie at folger.edu<mailto:djleslie at folger.edu> | 202.675-0369<tel:202.675-0369> | www.folger.edu<http://www.folger.edu>



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