Category: MarcEdit

  • 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 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…

  • How do I generate MARC authority records from the Homosaurus vocabulary?

    Step by step instructions here: https://youtu.be/FJsdQI3pZPQ Ok, so last week, I got an interesting question on the listserv where a user asked specifically about generating MARC records for use in one’s ILS system from a JSONLD vocabulary.  In this case, the vocabulary in question as Homosaurus (Homosaurus Vocabulary Site) – and the questioner was specifically…

  • MarcEdit: State of the Community *2020-2021

    * Sigh – original title said 2019-2020.  Obviously, this is for this past year (Jan. 2020-Dec. 31, 2020).   Per usual, I wanted to take a couple minutes and look at the state of the MarcEdit project. This is something that I try to do once a year to gauge the current health of the community,…

  • MarcEdit 7.3.x/7.5.x (beta) Updates

    Versions are available at: https://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads Information about the changes: 7.3.10 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update7.txt 7.5.0 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update75.txt If you are using 7.x – this will prompt as normal for update. 7.5.x is the beta build, please be aware I expect to be releasing updates to this build weekly and also expect to find some issues.…

  • MarcEdit 7.5.x/MacOS 3.5.x Timelines

    I sent this to the MarcEdit Listserv to provide info about my thoughts around timelines related to the beta and release.  Here’s the info. Dear All, As we are getting close to Feb. 1 (when I’ll make the 7.5 beta build available for testing) – I wanted to provide information about the update process going…