Terry’s Worklog

  • Future of OCLC integrations and MarcEdit

    I sent this to the MarcEdit listserv, but am posting this here as well. No decisions have been made, and I’m looking for community feedback so that whatever changes I make — if any — work best long-term for the community. ** Hi folks, I wanted to update folks on some changes and get some…

  • Simplifying MARC generation of the Homosaurus vocabulary

    Some time ago, I put together a proof of concept that that outlined a method that could be utilized to convert the JSON-LD data made available as part of the Homosaurus vocabulary to MARC for use in MARC-centric systems. The original post can be found here: https://blog.reeset.net/archives/2953 In the time since that post, the vocabulary…

  • MarcEdit 7.6.x update

    MarcEdit 7.6.x has been posted.  It includes a lot of changes, including a new installer – so if you are installing on many devices, I might make sure you test the install prior to updating.  However, now that the installers have been built, getting new versions created will be much easier.  Things in this version:…

  • MarcEdit 7.6.x: Consolidating help

    Over the past 4 months, I’ve been working on the MarcEdit code-base. It’s large, and I’ve been needing to pay down some technical debt — including — making some significant changes to support breaking changes in .NET 6. At this point, the work is done, and a number of new versions will be showing up…

  • MarcEdit 7.5 Installer Questions

    Hi all, As I continue to refine the Installer for 7.5 – I had a couple of specific questions. How the installer works now When the installer first runs, the first step is a dependency evaluation.  MarcEdit requires the following dependencies to run the core program: .NET 5.0 Desktop Runtime (32 bit or 64 bit/32…

  • MarcEdit Update Round-up

    A handful of updates have been posted related to MarcEdit 7.5 since the program cam out of beta.  These have been mostly bug fixes and small enhancements.  Here’s the full list: Bug Fix: OCLC Search – multiple terms would result in an error if ‘OR’ was used with specific search indexes. Fixed: 6/22 Enhancement: OCLC…

  • MarcEdit 7.5.x/MarcEdit Mac 3.5.x: Coming out of beta

    MarcEdit 7.5/MarcEdit Mac 3.5 is officially out of beta.  It has been my primary version of MarcEdit for about 6 months and is where all new development has taken place since Dec. 2020.  Because there are significant changes (including framework supported) – MarcEdit 7.5/3.5 are not in-place upgrades.  Previous versions of MarcEdit can be installed…

  • Exploring BibFrame workflows in MarcEdit

    Update: 6/21/2021: I uploaded a video with sound that demonstrates the process.  You can find it here: During this past year while working on MarcEdit 7.5.x/3.5.x, I’ve been giving some thought to how I might be able to facilitate some workflows to allow users to move data to and from BibFrame.  While the tools has…

  • Thoughts on NACOs proposed process on updating CJK records

    I would like to take a few minutes and share my thoughts about an updated best practice recently posted by the PCC and NACO related to an update on CJK records. The update is found here: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/CJK/CJK-Best-Practice-NCR.docx. I’m not certain if this is active or a simply a proposal, but I’ve been having a number…

  • MarcEdit 7.5 Update

    ChangeLog: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update75.txt Highlights Preview Changes One of the most requested features over the years has been the ability to preview changes prior to running them.  As of 7.5.8 – a new preview option has been added to many of the global editing tools in the MarcEditor.  Currently, you will find the preview option attached to…

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