Terry’s Worklog

  • MarcEdit Unicode Question [also posted on the listserv]

    ** This was posted on the listserv, but I’m putting this out there broadly ** ** Updated to include a video demonstrating how Normalization currently impacts users ** Video demonstrating the question at hand:   So, I have an odd unicode question and I’m looking for some feedback.  I had someone working with MarcEdit and…

  • MarcEdit Updates (All versions)

    I’ve posted updates for all versions of MarcEdit, including MarcEdit MacOS 3. MarcEdit 7 (Windows/Linux) changelog: Bug Fix: Export Settings: Export was capturing both MarcEdit 6.x and MarcEdit 7.x data. Enhancement: Task Management: added some continued refinements to improve speed and processing Bug Fix: OCLC Integration: Corrected an issue occuring when trying to post bib…

  • MarcEdit MacOS 3 has Arrived!

    MarcEdit MacOS 3 is the latest branch of the MarcEdit 7 family. MarcEdit MacOS 3 represents the next generational update for MarcEdit on the Mac and is functionally equivalent to MarcEdit 7. MarcEdit MacOS 3 introduces the following features: Startup Wizard Clustering Tools New Linked Data Framework New Task Management and Task Processing Task Broker…

  • ER&L 2018: 101 Preconference session: Getting Started with MarcEdit 7: New Tools, New Models, New Automation Opportunities

    Anticipating that I would finish up working on MarcEdit 7, I submitted and had accepted a preconference at ER&L 2018.  This will be one of the 4 hour pre-conference sessions, and will focus primarily on automating workflows in MarcEdit, with a special emphasis on some of the new tools in MarcEdit — specifically, the enhanced…

  • MarcEdit MacOS 3 Design notes

    ** Updated 12/28 ** Ok, so I’m elbow deep putting some of the final touches on the MacOS version of MarcEdit. Most of the changes to be completed are adding new functionality (introduced in MarcEdit 7 in recent updates), implementing the new task browser, updating the terminal mode, and completing some of the UI touches.…

  • MarcEdit 7: Holiday Edition

    I hope that this note finds everyone in good spirits. We are in the mist of the holiday season and I hope that everyone that this reaches has had a happy one. If you are like me, the past couple of days have been spent clean up. There are boxes to put away, trees to…

  • MarcEdit 7 Christmas Update: Preview

    As is my habit — there will be an update coming out around Christmas. And while it won’t be a large update (since MarcEdit 7 was just made available) — I think there will be a couple of new features that will make the changes worth it. Clustering: I’m continuing to enhance the clustering functionality…

  • MarcEdit 7 Updates: Focusing on the Task Broker

    This past weekend, I spent a bit of time doing some additional work around the task broker. Since the release in Nov. , I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from folks that are doing all kinds of interesting things in tasks. And I’ll be honest, many of these task processes are things that I could…

  • MarcEdit MacOS 3.0 Roadmap

    With MarcEdit 7 out, I’ve turned my focus to completing the MarcEdit MacOS update. Right now, I’m hoping to have this version available by the first of the year. I won’t be doing a long, extended beta, in part, because this version utilizes all the business code written for MarcEdit 7. And like MarcEdit 7,…

  • The MarcEdit 7 Song

    MarcEdit 7 represents the next generation of the MarcEdit software. And aside from having new features, new options, and better performance — MarcEdit 7 also has its own song. Yes, Jeff Edmunds, a writer and creator of many cataloging songs (which I can’t seem to find on YouTube any longer — which is definitely a…

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