Batch Export Records from Connexion to MarcEdit by OCLC Number List
- Add-ins
- MarcEdit Z39.50/SRU Client
- Batch Mode
- Under Select Local Database, choose OCLC Cataloging Service
- Click Modify
- Enter OCLC authorization and password
- Click Save
Using MarcEdit's Z39.50/SRU client to import records
Click on Batch Mode
- Navigate to your .txt list of OCLC numbers
- Specify a destination file where the records will be saved (file name must end in .mrc)
- Click Custom under Search Types and type @attr 1=12 (this specifies to search anywhere in the record)
- Select OCLC Cataloging Service
- Click Retrieve Unicode box
- Enter UTF8 as Server Character set (in some versions of MarcEdit, this option is not present)
- Click green arrow at upper right to run
You get a report listing how many records were searched and how many were retrieved
And if records were not found from your search, there is a path to a .txt file that will show you what was not retrieved from OCLC.
Navigate to your .mrc file and double-click on it to break it with MarcEdit
Kate Culver
This was MAGIC! :-)
Thank you for sharing your MarcEdit instructions.
I had a list of OCLC #s and was contemplating a multi-stepped dance of export-import-export into & out of my ILS. By directly pulling into the Z39.50/SRU Client, I saved an entire day of effort. This also clued me into a heretofore untapped MarcEdit plug-in.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Have a great day! :-D
~Kate