Category: MarcEdit

Just a quick post — I’d pulled our entire database (1,252,718 records) and figured it would be a good chance to try running my console version of MarcEdit on my Linux box. So, I gave it a run converting my MARC records to MARCXML — which means that the program has to handle MARC8-UTF8 conversion…

Just a quicky — I updated MarcEdit 5.0. Basically a bug fix. Currently, I have two users auditing functionality and will be posting a comprehensive update that includes some new functions and fill in missing functionality. Also, I’ll be posting an updated help document (though not yet complete). I’ll be working on this through the…

A quick refresh that corrected a few small problems that had been reported with the Deduplication utility in the MarcEditor, a small issue in the Z39.50 Client and the batch utility. Unfortunately, I’ve been a little busy working on a few other things — but I think I’ll be able to start pushing through the…

This is just a quickly. I wanted to post an update that included some fixes to the MARCValidator and some changes to the Z39.50 client. The primary change is the ability to download multiple items from the single search mode window. Do a search, select the rows you want to extract and then right click…

I’ve refreshed the MarcEdit 5.0 (beta) update. This corrects the few remaining issues in the Z39.50 client, adds a list of Z39.50 clients to choose from (see note below on this change), hardens the MARCengine a bit more, completes the UTF-8=>MARC8 conversion in respect to superscript characters and adds few pieces of functionality to the…

I’ve refreshed the Z39.50 client in the 5.0 beta. Much of the credit to this goes to Larry Dixon of the Library of Congress for testing and providing suggestions. The revisions are fairly significant and include corrections or additions to: 1) Batch search — when doing a query, one would get a blank file. Oops,…

Ok — I’ve posted a new beta refresh. This version includes a version of the Z39.50 client. I should have the SRU code included this week (I hope) — but folks that are interested can start trying the Z39.50 client now. Its a bit different than before — hopefully better. I’ve made some accommedations for…

The Z39.50 client is finished (at least the Z39.50 part). I’m doing some final testing and will update the beta install by Monday. Once uploaded, I’ll start finishing up the SRU interface and then start finishing a little house cleaning so I can move MarcEdit 5 out of beta. –Terry

I’ve confirmed a bug in the MarcEngine that translates MARC data to MARCXML. The issue occurs when a subfield code is incorrectly added to the end of a field. I’ve corrected this issue and reposted the build to: marcedit50_2005_07_25.zip –Terry

Ahhhhh…..I’d introduced a bug in the last build that primarily affected European diacritics when moving between MARC-8 to UTF-8. The issue at hand was how to deal with dangling or incorrectly coded diacritics. In coding a solution, I accidently removed some code that moved combining diacritics. In MARC-8, diacritic placement for most European diacritics should…