Very glad that it was helpful, Tina. One resource that I found helpful during our own start-fresh process was this presentation by Galen Charlton, Mary Jinglewski, and Chad Cluff: https://evergreen-ils.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/eg16-CatalogingForester_reduce.pptx
Slide 41 has the command to get rid of all the authority records in your system, when you're ready for that piece. :-) -Jane On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Tina Ji <tina...@bc.libraries.coop> wrote: > Hi Jane, > > I want to say thank you so much! I went through your blog. My colleague, > Mark, tried your script. We successfully downloaded a few records from LOC. > But it took so long, due to LOC's restriction. > > I am properly too ambitious at the moment. I am hoping a fresh start. The > linking and indexing is a lengthy process. If I can not get it done this > way, I may have to cherry pick and download from LOC. > > Again, thank you so much! Your blog provided enormous help to me. > > Tina > > > Quoting Jane Sandberg <sand...@linnbenton.edu>: > >> Hi Tina, >> >> We do the following: >> >> * Use SQL queries to generate a list of headings in the catalog >> * Use a script to pull all those headings from LOC into one huge MARC file >> * Upload that MARC file into Evergreen >> >> Here's the script we use; improvements are very welcome: >> https://github.com/sandbergja/dlc_authority_fetcher >> >> And this blog post includes the SQL queries that we use to generate >> those heading lists in the first place: >> http://sandbergja.github.io/systems/2017/07/19/authority-control-in-eg >> >> It's not a perfect process, but it is free (our favorite price). :-) >> >> -Jane >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Tina Ji <tina...@bc.libraries.coop> wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> >>> We've been exploring authority control and planning to apply it. We have >>> an >>> old version of LCSH (over 10 years). We hope to start with a newer >>> version. >>> I found only meta records on LOC website. Downloading from LOC seems >>> infeasible, considering the amount. We also do not have the budget to >>> engage >>> an vendor to do it for us now. I wonder whether anyone knows where to >>> find >>> LCSH MARC records, or anyone may share with us. >>> >>> Any information will be appreciated. >>> >>> Thank you >>> Tina Ji >>> -- >>> Tina Ji >>> 1-888-848-9250 ext 1014 >>> Support Specialist >>> BC Libraries Co-operative >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jane Sandberg >> Electronic Resources Librarian >> Linn-Benton Community College >> sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655 >> Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs > > > > -- > Tina Ji > 1-888-848-9250 ext 1014 > Support Specialist > BC Libraries Co-operative > > -- Jane Sandberg Electronic Resources Librarian Linn-Benton Community College sand...@linnbenton.edu / 541-917-4655 Pronouns: she/her/hers or they/them/theirs