Category: MarcEdit

  • MarcEdit 6 Update

    I’ve just posted a new update to MarcEdit.  In addition to fixing the following three issues: Check URL crashes when running…this has been fixed. Delimited Text Translator doesn’t show finishing message…fixed Debugging messagebox shows when processing mnemonic files not using MarcEdit’s documented format. In addition to these three bug fixes, MarcEdit is including a new…

  • MarcEdit’s MARCNext: JSON Object Viewer

    As I noted in my last post (https://blog.reeset.net/archives/1359), I’ll be adding a new area to the MarcEdit application called MARCNext.  This will be used to expose a number of research tools for users interested in working with BibFrame data.  In addition to the BibFrame Testbed, I’ll also be releasing a JSON Object Viewer.  The JSON…

  • MarcEdit’s Research Toolkit – MARCNext

    While developing MarcEdit 6, one of the areas that I spent a significant amount of time working on was the MarcEdit Research Toolkit.  The Research Toolkit is an easter egg of sorts — it’s a set of tools and utilities that I’ve developed to support my own personal research interests around library metadata — specifically,…

  • MarcEdit 6 Update

    Latest update has been posted.  The following has been fixed: Bug Fix: Delimited Text Translator — The Edit LDR, Load Template, and AutoGenerate buttons were not responding.  This has been corrected. Bug Fix: MARCCompare — when processing data with improperly formatted mnemonic data, the program doesn’t correctly trap the generated formatting error. Bug Fix: Edit…

  • MarcEdit 6: Reintroduction of MARCCompare/RobertCompare

    What is MARCCompare/RobertCompare? Very rarely do I create programs for individuals to meet very specific user needs.  I’ve always taken the approach with MarcEdit that tools should be generalizable, and not tied to a specific individual or project.  RobertCompare was different.  The tool was created to support Mr.Robert (Bob) Ellett’s (ALA Tribute, Link to Dissertation…

  • MarcEdit 6 – Changes to the Material Type Report

    One of the changes that will be present in MarcEdit 6 is an expansion of the Material Types Report.  Currently, the program provides an option to allow users to generate a report detailing the type of record as designated by the LDR and 008.  This allows users to get a quick snapshot of how the…

  • MarcEdit 6 Status Update

    Thought I’d give the folks that are interested an idea of where I am with the MarcEdit update.  In terms of new features, that is pretty much set at this point.  I have one feature request regarding conditional field editing by field position that I’m still mulling over, but otherwise, I’m pretty much finished.  The…

  • Preparing for MarcEdit 6.0

    This summer, I have been spending a lot of my free development preparing MarcEdit to make the transition from 5.9 to 6.0.  This will be a big update, and at the same time, and update that I’m not sure folks will necessarily see many of the changes.  But maybe that will be a good thing,…

  • Regular Expression Recursive Replacement in MarcEdit

    One of the new functions in MarcEdit is the inclusion of a Field Edit Data function.  For the most part, batch edits on field data has been handled primarily via regular expressions using the traditional replace function.  For example, if I had the following field: =999  \\$zdata1$ydata2 And I wanted to swap the subfield order,…

  • MarcEdit 5.9 Update, part II

    After posting the update last night, a user noted that the Delimited Text Translators 008 generation utilized some older defaults that were causing some validation issues.  So, I’ve posted a limited update to correct this specific problem. If you have automatic updating turned on, MarcEdit will prompt you automatically.  Otherwise, you can download from: 32-bit:…