Terry’s Worklog

  • MarcEdit design question/advice

    I asked this question on the MarcEdit Listserv, but will post it here as well.  Below, is the message and images of the wireframes that are mentioned.  If you have an opinion — feel free to join the list and let me know, or if you like, you can contact me directly at: terry.reese@oregonstate.edu  …

  • MarcEdit Listserv

    So, the good folks at George Mason University have offered to host a MarcEdit Listserv.  If you are interested, you can find it here: http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=MARCEDIT-L&H=MAIL04.GMU.EDU This list would be a great place for folks looking to ask questions.  I’m one of many moderators to the list, so if a question is asked, I (or someone)…

  • A forgotten MarcEdit Subfield Editing function 🙂

    I was asked the other day at AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) if MarcEdit could be used to move specific data from one field and replace the data currently present in another.  So, an example — the ability to move data from a 260$c to the 008 position 7:4.  You can actually, though its…

  • Kenny’s 8th Birthday

    On Aug. 1st, 2001 at 11:29 pm, my wife and I welcomed Kenneth Terry Reese to the world, and from that day forward, he’s added nothing but joy to our lives.  And from the moment I saw him, I fell in love with him.  The funny thing about kids, especially your first child, is that…

  • MarcEdit Z39.50 on ‘Nix

    I need to send this out to the 15 or so folks that have agreed to be my first guinea pigs testing out a MarcEdit build on ‘Nix and Mac systems (and btw, Mac UI rendering isn’t good.  That’s not surprising because Mono’s UI changes tend to show up correctly on ‘Nix first, then Mac…

  • MarcEdit testing on ‘Nix (updates)

    So far so good.  I’ve had a great response and am starting to get back feedback that I’ll be incorporating into work that I plan on doing this weekend to fix a few ‘Nix issues.  But I think that when the next MarcEdit release is posted — I’ll for the first time be including information…

  • Looking for testers interested in running MarcEdit on ‘Nix

    I’ve started formally looking for guinea pigs that want to give this a whirl.  Installation has been simplified, everything works (save the Z39.50 functionality) — so if you would like to try running MarcEdit on either a Linux or Mac (though, running it on a mac may be dodgy — I know that mono development…

  • Last weekend at AALL

    This last weekend I had the opportunity to head out to DC for a couple of days and present on the topic of modifying vendor records using MarcEdit to the American Association of Law Libraries.  It was a quick trip.  I flew in on Saturday and was out by Monday, but one that I enjoyed…

  • Supporting Right to Left languages in MarcEdit (part 3)

    I’ve been spending a bit of time over the past few weeks doing some travelling but also working on this problem in MarcEdit.  When I left it last, I was pretty close to having a solution — the only thing that had been still a little wonky was dealing with data elements that were primarily…

  • Boys’ last track meet of the season

    Wed., the boys had their last track meet of the season.  Well, officially, Kenny had his last track meet of the season.   Nathan isn’t technically in track, but they have an open 4 and under division that we let him pick 3 events to participate in.  Of course, that means that Alyce and I get…

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