60K isn't that much really. If you're comfortable with perl the MARC::Record library is a good match with that kind of task and would let you throw something together really quick.
Rogan Hamby Data and Project Analyst Equinox Open Library Initiative phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) email: ro...@equinoxinitiative.org web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Julie Cole <jc...@langara.ca> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm pretty new to the world of library systems and this is my first post. > > Anyone have any experience parsing MARC Holding records (853 and 863) into > a more readable 866 or 867 format? > We are wanting to export our holdings from our ILS into our Discovery > Layer and trying to save some of the money that the ILS vendor would charge > us to create the records. > > The parsing doesn't look fun, so I was hoping someone has some code to use > as a starting point. > Also, I'm not sure how clean our data in 853 and 863 is so any scripts or > advice on gotchas when cleaning that up would be appreciated. > We have about 60,000 holding records. > > Thanks, > Julie. > > > Julie Cole > Library Systems Administrator > Langara College Library > Vancouver, BC >