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1. Tools,-->Marc Processing Tools-->MARCJoin:

   • Save file: navigate to your chosen folder for the future joined file; [give it an descriptive name]; Save

     • name example: CAMBRIDGE_BOOKS_ONLINE_EBCOLL_6000746_10202023-11082023

   • File(s) to join: navigate to folder containing your files: select all of them; Save

2. Click Process

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Prepend addition of cambridge to 001

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1. Edit-->Replace

   • Find: =001 ← and 2 blank spaces

   • Replace: =001 cambridge

   • Replace all

   • Save (I generally save after each major edit)

2. Quality Checks (QC):

   • number modifications should match number of records in file

   • Scroll down to check that 001 field still lines up; can also do Edit -->Find: =001

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• Check for any problematic 830s indicating other libraries' DDA & other vendors' programs, & if found, delete them

  • Such as Project MUSE

  • but leave regular series titles in

• Edit-->Find

  • Find: =830

• You can enlarge the Results window and its columns up/down and sideways:

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If in doubt of any one 830 title:

• select title, Jump to Record, & check for a matching field of 490 for a regular series title

If there are any local/vendor-type 830’s:

• Jump to Record and Copy text of the field

• Add/Delete Field:

  • Field: 830 Field Data: [text copied]

  • Delete Field

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1. Check for any problems

   1. Edit --> Find:

   2. look for local z subfields; plus extra URLs (for contents, title page), other library’s local data

      • clean examples:

        • =856 $uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009347181 ← with nothing extra

      • Also good:

        • =856 40$uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781839983382/type/BOOK

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If no problems show up, go on to 856 Edits

• 856 add |z subfield

  1. Tools-->Edit subfield data:

  2. Field: 856 Subfield: |z Field Data: [leave blank]

     • Replace with: Available online; click to view

     • Select New subfield only

  3. Replace Text

  4. Save

     • QC: number should match number of records in file, and

     • scroll down and check that 1st 856 z looks correct

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• 856 add prepend to front of |u https://library2.usu.edu/eval_dist/url856.php?url=

  1. Tools-->Edit subfield data:

  2. Field: 856 Subfield: u Field Data: ^b (regex symbols meaning: insert in front)

  3. Replace with: https://library2.usu.edu/eval_dist/url856.php?url=

     • Use regular expression, and

       • Remove Subfield code from scope (otherwise u will be pushed to the end)

       • Replace text

       • QC: Results should match the number of records in the file

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• Tools-->Add/Delete Field

Field	Field Data
910	\\$aCambridge University Press EBA with GOBI
949	\\$lcoonl$t20$nCambridge University Press EBA with GOBI$x50$zn
QC: number added should match number of records in file Save	Look at first record to make sure the new fields line up, more or less

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• Reports --> MARCValidator

  • You must Save before running the validator

• Fix simple errors by referring to Bib Formats and Standards or MARC21 or just follow the Validator suggestions, if clear enough

  • https://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en.html

  • https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/

  • Duplicates as reported in the example below, are generally not true duplicate records. (I started out checking most of them, and all of them just had similar titles, but not identical, titles)

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Track file name; date loaded; and your name in:

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