Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records

2017-11-02 Thread Tina Ji
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:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] merging records in Webby

2017-11-02 Thread Terran McCanna
Hi Diane, There is a bug on the Group Member Details page ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1642036) that isn't quite fixed yet so that you have to refresh the browser window before you can see the group members. However, that page is also missing an action to merge patrons, which I

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] merging records in Webby

2017-11-02 Thread Diane Disbro
Good afternoon - How will we merge patron accounts in Webby? We used to use Group Member Details but the fake patron account I created in Webby shows No Items to Display in Group Member Details. Thank you. Diane Disbro Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager Union Branch Scenic

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records

2017-11-02 Thread 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

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records

2017-11-02 Thread Tina Ji
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

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records

2017-11-02 Thread 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:

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] look for LCSH MARC records

2017-11-02 Thread Tina Ji
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