Terry’s Worklog

  • Using the Koha API with C#

    I’ve been tinkering with the Koha API to allow MarcEdit to do some direct ILS integration with Koha-based systems.  When I first agreed to look at doing this work, I wasn’t sure what the API looked like.  Fortunately for me, the folks that put it together made it simple and easy to work with.  There…

  • MarcEdit – Direct ILS Integration

    With all the new ILS systems being produced and the emphasis being placed on support for API support, one of the things that I’d like to eventually see is the ability to integrate directly with specific ILS systems to allow users to pull content directly from their systems (in batch or individually), edit the records…

  • MarcEdit 5.8 Delimited Text Translator – Auto Generate Arguments List

    One of the often requested enhancements to the MarcEdit Delimited Text Translator is the ability to auto generate the arguments list.  For many users, their spreadsheets or delimited text documents include a line at the beginning of the document defining the data found in the file.  I’ve often had folks wonder if I could do…

  • Preventing outside linking to images to prevent bandwidth stealing

    One of my hats that I wear at home is IT professional for my wife, specifically when it comes to her blog.  To keep things running well, I periodically monitor bandwidth usage and space usage to make sure that we keep our hosts happy.  Well, over the past two months, I’d noticed a really, really,…

  • 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…

  • MarcEdit Main Window Changes

    As I start thinking about making a version number change to MarcEdit 6 — I’ve been looking at the MarcEdit interface and wanting to start simplifying some of the screens.  I’m starting this process with the Main Window in MarcEdit.  In the previous version of MarcEdit, the main window was made up of multiple panels…

  • MarcEdit RDA Helper Updates

    So, it’s been about two weeks since I posted the first version of the RDA Helper in MarcEdit and happily, I’ve been getting a good deal of feedback from folks giving it a spin.  From the initial response, it looks like I’ve gotten some things right and have a few things to work on.  So,…

  • The Gray Family Chair

    I’ve often thought that I have one of the best jobs in the world.  I work in a library — but more specifically, I hold an endowed chair at Oregon State University Valley Libraries:  The Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services.  The original vision for this position came from John and Betty Gray,  OSU…

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