You could use MARC Edit to export the data to an application like Notepad++, or even Excel, both of which have some useful functions for changing case over large pieces of text. However, it seems to me unlikely you will find an effective way of "teaching" a computer to distinguish between things that should be capitalized (proper nouns, German nouns, etc.) and things that shouldn't. If there is a program that does this… then I'd like to hear about it as well.
.02, b Benjamin Abrahamse Cataloging Coordinator Acquisitions, Metadata and Enterprise Systems MIT Libraries 617-253-7137 From: Resource Description and Access / Resource Description and Access [mailto:RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca] On Behalf Of Beacom, Matthew Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 2:19 PM To: RDA-L@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca Subject: Re: [RDA-L] [ACAT] Upper case in records Can anyone suggest how to effectively edit titles such as these to remove the upper case and appropriately capitalize words in the title? A manual title-by-title edit is a non-starter since the above are the first 10 titles in a set of about 15,000 records (only a few thousand in the set have this problem.) The records do not include non-roman scripts. Thank you. Matthew Beacom =245 14$aTHE POEMS OF GEORGE TURBERVILE $h[electronic resource] /$c EDITED WITH CRITICAL NOTES AND A STUDY OFHIS LIFE AND WORKS. =245 10$aMICHELET ET L'HISTOIRE ALLEMANDE. (PARTS 1 AND 2)$h[electronic resource] =245 14$aTHE MOTET IN THIRTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE. (VOLUMES FIRST AND SECOND)$h[electronic resource] =245 14$aTHE TRAGIC HERO IN POLITICS $h[electronic resource] : $bTHEODORE ROOSEVELT, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE, AND FIORELLO LA GUARDIA (PARTS I AND II). =245 10$aINTERRELATIONS OF STRESS AND ANXIETY IN DETERMINING PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE$h[electronic resource] =245 10$aSUBSTITUTED TROPYLIUM IONS$h[electronic resource] =245 10$a1,3-DIMETHYLBICYCLO(1.1.0)BUTANE$h[electronic resource] =245 13$aAN EVALUATION OF TILLICH'S INTUITIVE-ONTOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IN CONTRAST WITH TENNANT'S EMPIRICAL-COSMOLOGICAL APPROACH$h[electronic resource] =245 10$aI. THE HETEROGENEITY OF RABBIT ANTI-BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN ANTIBODY. II. KINETIC STUDIES OF ANTIBODY-HAPTEN INTERACTIONS$h[electronic resource]
