Day: November 12, 2012

  • Can we have open library standards, please? Free RDA/AACR2

    I’ve been spending a lot of time working with the RDA specifications over the last few months due to the development of the RDA Helper and it still pains me every time I go to the RDA Toolkit that this specification isn’t open.  It’s hidden away behind pay walls from the prying eyes of non-librarians…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 – Auto convert all data to UTF8/MARC8 [Updated]

    The last MarcEdit update introduced a new Preference into the application — the ability to tell the application that all data compiled from the MarcEditor needs to be converted/saved as UTF8.  The new option should make it easier for folks that receive data in MARC-8 formats to simply work on their records and then compile…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 Update posted

    I’ve posted a new update to MarcEdit.  It includes updates to the RDA Helper as well as others.  Here’s the list of updates: * 5.8.12** RDA Helper Enhancement: Abbreviations file has been extracted and made user defined.** RDA Helper Enhancement: Option to delete GMDs** RDA Helper Enhancement: 260$c parsing improvements** RDA Helper Enhancement: 260$c punctuation…