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] 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