Terry’s Worklog

  • MarcEdit: Build New Field Tool

    I’m not sure how I’ve missed creating something like this for so long, but it took a question from a cataloger to help me crystalize the need for a new feature.  Here was the question: Add an 856 url to all records that uses the OCLC number from the 035 field, the title from 245…

  • MarcEdit Validate Headings: Part 2

    Last week, I posted an update that included the early implementation of the Validate Headings tool.  After a week of testing, feedback and refinement, I think that the tool now functions in a way that will be helpful to users.  So, let me describe how the tool works and what you can expect when the…

  • MarcEdit 6 Wireframes — Validating Headings

    Over the last year, I’ve spent a good deal of time looking for ways to integrate many of the growing linked data services into MarcEdit.  These services, mainly revolving around vocabularies, provide some interesting opportunities for augmenting our existing MARC data, or enhancing local systems that make use of these particular vocabularies.  Examples like those…

  • MarcEdit Mac Preview Update

    MarcEdit Mac users, a new preview update has been made available.  This is getting pretty close to the first “official” version of the Mac version.  And for those that may have forgotten, the preview designation will be removed on Sept. 1, 2015. So what’s been done since the last update?  Well, I’ve pretty much completed…

  • MarcEdit 6 Updates

    I hadn’t planned on putting together an update for the Windows version of MarcEdit this week, but I’ve been working with someone putting the Linked Data tools through their paces and came across instances where some of the linked data services were not sending back valid XML data — and I wasn’t validating it.  So,…

  • Code4LibMW 2015 Write-up

    Whew — it’s be a wonderfully exhausting past few days here in Columbus, OH as the Libraries played host to Code4LibMW.  This has been something that I’ve been looking forward to ever since making the move to The Ohio State University; the C4L community has always been one of my favorites, and while the annual…

  • Merge Record Changes

    With the last update, I made a few significant modifications to the Merge Records tool, and I wanted to provide a bit more information around how these changes may or may not affect users.  The changes can be broken down into two groups: User Defined Merge Field Support Multiple Record merge support Prior to MarcEdit…

  • MarcEdit 6.1 Update

    This update will have four significant changes to three specific algorithms that are high use — so I wanted to give folks a heads up. 1) Merge Records — I’ve updated the process in two ways.      a) Users can now change the data in the dropdown box to a user-defined field/subfield combination.  At…

  • MarcEdit 6.1 Update

    A new MarcEdit 6.1 build is available.  This build closes one bug related to the Select Individual Records for Edit function in the MarcEdit, and adds four new enhancements.  You can get the update through the automated download process within MarcEdit or from the downloads page. Download URL: http://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads 32-bit URL: http://marcedit.reeset.net/software/MarcEdit_Setup.msi 64-bit URL: http://marcedit.reeset.net/software/MarcEdit_Setup64.msi…

  • MarcEdit OSX Preview Build Update

    This build is a continued refinement of the preview build.  It really doesn’t include anything that is significantly new, but addresses a couple of early gaps folks had noticed while working with the tool.  Change log is below. Download URL: http://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads Direct URL: http://marcedit.reeset.net/software/MarcEdit.dmg –tr 1.0.8 **************************** ** 1.0.8 ChangeLog **************************** * Bug Fix: Field…

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