[DCRM-L] Connexion client macros

[Nickeson, Walter]

I have posted new versions of my OCLC Connexion client macros at https://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-2556. Two of these macros may be of especial interest to subscribers to these Lists.

Back in July on EXLIBRIS-L Erin Blake asked about online tools that could calculate a page count from a complicated extent statement such as this:

[16], 133, [2], 134-143, [2], 144-153, [2], 154-159, [2], 160-175, [2], 176-187, [2], 188-201, [2], 202-211, [2], 212-219, [2], 220-229, [2], 230-338 [i.e. 348], 347-423, [2], 424-430, [3], 432-436, [3], 438-578, 577-860, [24] p.

I rewrote one of my macros to handle statements like this; it's called "CollationCheck." This macro compares leaf and page counts in the statement of extent and a standard signature statement to verify the description of a book. If the calculated extent does not match the calculated leaf count from the signature description, something in the record may warrant closer attention. The macro also understands, to some degree, parentheses used in signing gatherings, although its calculations from such signings should be double checked. Complex signature statements with additions and subtractions will flummox it, as will incorrect formatting, which is also true of extent statements.

(The example above adds up to 930 pages; my macro understands the bracketed "i.e." as a correction.)

I also recently completed a macro called "GetCitationForm." This macro gets information from one bibliographic record, formats it into the standard citation form (under the rules currently being revised), and returns to another to paste in the formatted data as a 510 field. Because it bypasses the Clipboard, it preserves diacritics and special characters in names and titles.

Complete information about the functionality of these macros is in the full text of the macros in a section near the top called "How it works."

Both of these macros are in the macro book "Extras2." The simplest way to get them is to download the macro book and save it in the macros folder on your computer. Connexion will find them right away. Further instructions are available at http://www.hahnlibrary.net/libraries/oml/webmacros.html.

A Microsoft Word 2013 file called "Macro book listing" lists all the macros in all of my macro books.

I think many catalogers will benefit from the other useful macros on that page. However, no guarantees are stated or implied!

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  Walter F. Nickeson, Catalog &
    Metadata Management Librarian
  Rush Rhees Library
  University of Rochester
  Rochester, NY  14627-0055
  wnickeson at library.rochester.edu 
  (585) 273-2326  fax: (585) 273-1032
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