[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records
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
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records
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 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
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records
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 : 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 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
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records
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 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 : > >> 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 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
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records
Thanks, Jane. Very likely I need it later. Tina Quoting Jane Sandberg : 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 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 : 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 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 -- Tina Ji 1-888-848-9250 ext 1014 Support Specialist BC Libraries Co-operative