Terry’s Worklog
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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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MarcEdit 5.8 Update
It’s been about 3 months since the last MarcEdit, so hopefully this one will be worth it. Over those 3 months, I’ve been working on a few new tools, the biggest enhancement being the RDA Helper. I’ve included information about that tool at: MarcEdit 5.8: Introducing the RDA Helper. In addition to the RDA Helper,…
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MarcEdit 5.8: Using the Command-line tool
One thing that many people do not always realize is that MarcEdit includes a console application as part of the MarcEdit package. This is a separate program, cmarcedit.exe. The tool is designed to provide quick access to the MARCEngine functions (making/breaking) as well as character conversions, etc. Since documentation on this tool is light (something…
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MarcEdit 5.8 Update
Happy belated memorial day. I put the finishing touches on the latest MarcEdit update. It includes a number of enhancements. Here’s the list: Enhancement: Call number generator will now test oclc numbers as keywords to catch oclc numbers that have been merged and turned into cross references (019). Enhancement: MARC SQL Explorer — hardcoded field…
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Maybe all libraries do need coffee shops
Having gone 34 years without being a coffee drinker, I personally never got why people wanted coffee shops in libraries. But over the last year, my wife and Greenhill Farms, a Kona Coffee Grower in Hawaii, convinced me that not all coffee is bad. I’m so convinced, that having a morning cup of coffee (black,…
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A Sense of Service: Service outside of the public eye
Last week, I was on a panel at the Oregon Library Association entitled, A Sense of Service. The title of the panel and the impetus for the discussion came out of the Oregon Library Association’s Quarterly publication, or more specifically, Janet Webster’s article entitled, “A Sense of Service(1).” The article, and the publication in general,…
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Building your own reminder system
One of the hats I wear is as a member of the Independence Library Board. I love it because I don’t work with public libraries as often as I’d like to in my real job, and honestly, the Independence Public Library is the center of the community. The Library is a center for adults looking…
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