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University of KentuckyUKnowledgeLibrary Presentations University of Kentucky Libraries1-22-2012Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch MetadataEditingKathryn LybargerUniversity of Kentucky, kathryn.lybarger@uky.eduClick here to let us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_presentPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Kentucky Libraries at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusionin Library Presentations by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact UKnowledge@lsv.uky.edu.Repository CitationLybarger, Kathryn, "Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch Metadata Editing" (2012). Library Presentations. 15.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_present/15	  Kathryn	  Lybarger	  ALA	  Midwinter	  Cataloging	  &	  Classification	  Research	  Interest	  Group	  January	  22,	  2012	  ¡  A	  data	  format	  used	  to	  encode	  and	  share	  bibliographic	  data	  ¡  Developed	  in	  the	  1960’s,	  still	  quite	  popular	  Vendor	   MARC	   Catalog	  	  	  Title:	  CESMM3	  price	  database	  2009,	  edited	  by	  Franklin	  +	  Andrews	  	  	  100 1_ Franklin.  245 10 CESMM3 price database 2009 ‡h [electronic resource] / ‡c edited by Franklin and Andrews.  500 __ Ebook.  516 __ Document.  538 __ PDF: Adobe PDF  700 1_ Andrews.  856 40 … ¡  Data	  may	  be	  unhelpful,	  or	  misleading	  	  ¡  Links	  may	  not	  work	  	  ¡  This	  may	  change	  over	  time	  ¡  From	  one	  book:	  §  Title	  §  Author	  §  Series	  §  Subject	  headings	  ¡  From	  another	  book:	  §  Notes	  §  ISBN	  §  Link	  to	  e-­‐book	  ¡  Notes	  or	  link	  text:	  §  “Restricted	  to	  <Not	  Your	  Institution>”	  	  ¡  Proxy	  prefixes	  from	  other	  locations	  §  http://ezproxy.uky.edu/login?url=http://www...	  ¡  URLs	  that	  restrict	  access	  §  http://www.uky.edu.ebook-­‐vendor.com/...	  ¡  Provider-­‐neutral	  records	  may	  have	  URLs	  from	  multiple	  vendors	  ¡  An	  OCLC	  search	  for	  records	  with	  URLs	  from	  eblib,	  ebrary,	  ebscohost	  AND	  	  	  	  	  	  myilibrary	  returned	  over	  25,000.	  ¡  Even	  if	  they	  are	  labeled,	  your	  patrons	  don’t	  know	  which	  vendor	  you’re	  using	  ¡  Bonus:	  When	  they	  fix	  it	  for	  you,	  it	  is	  fixed	  for	  everyone!	  ¡  In	  the	  meantime,	  you	  can	  use	  the	  direct	  link.	  ¡  …	  unless	  the	  book	  is	  not	  actually	  there.	  	  ¡  Some	  ebooks	  on	  a	  frontlist	  may	  never	  appear	  on	  the	  site	  ¡  Individual	  ebooks	  may	  just	  	  	  disappear	  ¡  But	  not	  forthcoming.	  ¡  You	  may	  have	  to	  periodically	  dig	  several	  levels	  deep	  on	  the	  website	  to	  get	  them:	  ¡  Use	  provider-­‐neutral	  records	  when	  you	  can	  	  ¡  Edit	  MARC	  records	  to	  conform	  with	  local	  standards	  	  ¡  Verify	  access	  to	  all	  titles	  (periodically)	  ¡  Communicate	  with	  other	  catalogers	  ¡  But	  how	  do	  you	  predict	  what	  you	  will	  need?	  ¡  Developed	  by	  Terry	  Reese	  at	  Oregon	  State	  ¡ MARC	  editing	  in	  a	  friendly	  yet	  powerful	  text	  editor	  ¡  Z39.50	  client	  ¡  (Binary	  editor!)	  ¡ Maintain	  previous	  versions	  of	  files	  efficiently	  §  No	  need	  for	  	  	  	  fileFeb12-FINAL6.mrk.bak §  Undo	  to	  any	  previous	  version	  ¡ Mercurial	  (Hg):	  §  Free,	  lightweight,	  cross-­‐platform	  §  Easy	  to	  set	  up	  and	  remove	  repositories	  ¡  Command	  line,	  GUI	  (TortoiseHG,	  SourceTree)	  ¡ MarcEdit	  Macros	  §  Visual	  Basic,	  Visual	  Basic.NET	  ¡  .mrk	  format	  is	  text,	  so	  you	  can	  process	  with	  your	  favorite	  programming	  language	  ¡  Don’t	  have	  a	  favorite	  language	  (yet)?	  ¡  From	  CodeAcademy.com:	  Cygwin	  (unix)	  tools:	  	  grep,	  vim,	  vimdiff,	  sort,	  wc	  (and	  the	  list	  goes	  on)	  	  grep ^=856 ebooks.mrk 	  =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9934-4 =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3513-2 =856  40$u http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicVie... =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-661-0 =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6217-1 ¡  new_ebsco.sh ¡  Profile	  for	  each	  vendor	  answers:	  §  What	  lines	  should	  I	  add/delete?	  §  What	  does	  a	  valid	  URL	  look	  like?	  §  How	  can	  	  I	  tell	  if	  the	  ebook	  is	  live?	  ¡  (Check	  logs	  for	  problems)	  ¡  pull.sh <filename> ¡  Ebook	  errors	  can	  be	  valid	  web	  pages,	  and	  errors	  don’t	  mean	  you	  should	  give	  up!	  ¡  HTTP/1.1 200 OK §  Full	  text	  ebook	  §  Web	  site	  form	  to	  buy	  the	  book	  ¡  HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found §  No	  such	  page	  on	  server	  §  Broken	  DOI	  (that	  you	  should	  report)	  ¡  Database	  holds	  a	  list	  of	  links	  to	  be	  checked	  	  ¡  Script	  checks	  each	  according	  to	  site	  profile	  (pausing	  10	  seconds	  between	  each	  link):	  §  Is	  it	  a	  PDF?	  §  Does	  it	  contain	  the	  phrase	  “This	  is	  not	  part	  of	  your	  subscription”?	  §  Can	  you	  click	  through	  to	  fulltext	  chapters?	  ¡  Dead	  links	  are	  in	  catalogs	  everywhere	  …	  how	  to	  let	  people	  know?	  ¡  Let	  vendors	  know	  if	  you	  find	  them	  in	  the	  wild!	  ¡  A	  blog	  /	  database	  for	  “zombie	  	  	  e-­‐books”	  ?	  ¡ MarcEdit	  http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php	  ¡ Mercurial	  	  http://mercurial.selenic.com/	  ¡  Code	  Academy	  	  http://www.codeacademy.com	  ¡  Cygwin	  	  	  	  	  http://www.cygwin.com	  	  

Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch Metadata Editing

University of KentuckyUKnowledgeLibrary Presentations University of Kentucky Libraries1-22-2012Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch MetadataEditingKathryn LybargerUniversity of Kentucky, kathryn.lybarger@uky.eduClick here to let us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_presentPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsThis Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the University of Kentucky Libraries at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusionin Library Presentations by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact UKnowledge@lsv.uky.edu.Repository CitationLybarger, Kathryn, "Fast, but Accurate? Pitfalls of Batch Metadata Editing" (2012). Library Presentations. 15.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_present/15	  Kathryn	  Lybarger	  ALA	  Midwinter	  Cataloging	  &	  Classification	  Research	  Interest	  Group	  January	  22,	  2012	  ¡  A	  data	  format	  used	  to	  encode	  and	  share	  bibliographic	  data	  ¡  Developed	  in	  the	  1960’s,	  still	  quite	  popular	  Vendor	   MARC	   Catalog	  	  	  Title:	  CESMM3	  price	  database	  2009,	  edited	  by	  Franklin	  +	  Andrews	  	  	  100 1_ Franklin.  245 10 CESMM3 price database 2009 ‡h [electronic resource] / ‡c edited by Franklin and Andrews.  500 __ Ebook.  516 __ Document.  538 __ PDF: Adobe PDF  700 1_ Andrews.  856 40 … ¡  Data	  may	  be	  unhelpful,	  or	  misleading	  	  ¡  Links	  may	  not	  work	  	  ¡  This	  may	  change	  over	  time	  ¡  From	  one	  book:	  §  Title	  §  Author	  §  Series	  §  Subject	  headings	  ¡  From	  another	  book:	  §  Notes	  §  ISBN	  §  Link	  to	  e-­‐book	  ¡  Notes	  or	  link	  text:	  §  “Restricted	  to	  <Not	  Your	  Institution>”	  	  ¡  Proxy	  prefixes	  from	  other	  locations	  §  http://ezproxy.uky.edu/login?url=http://www...	  ¡  URLs	  that	  restrict	  access	  §  http://www.uky.edu.ebook-­‐vendor.com/...	  ¡  Provider-­‐neutral	  records	  may	  have	  URLs	  from	  multiple	  vendors	  ¡  An	  OCLC	  search	  for	  records	  with	  URLs	  from	  eblib,	  ebrary,	  ebscohost	  AND	  	  	  	  	  	  myilibrary	  returned	  over	  25,000.	  ¡  Even	  if	  they	  are	  labeled,	  your	  patrons	  don’t	  know	  which	  vendor	  you’re	  using	  ¡  Bonus:	  When	  they	  fix	  it	  for	  you,	  it	  is	  fixed	  for	  everyone!	  ¡  In	  the	  meantime,	  you	  can	  use	  the	  direct	  link.	  ¡  …	  unless	  the	  book	  is	  not	  actually	  there.	  	  ¡  Some	  ebooks	  on	  a	  frontlist	  may	  never	  appear	  on	  the	  site	  ¡  Individual	  ebooks	  may	  just	  	  	  disappear	  ¡  But	  not	  forthcoming.	  ¡  You	  may	  have	  to	  periodically	  dig	  several	  levels	  deep	  on	  the	  website	  to	  get	  them:	  ¡  Use	  provider-­‐neutral	  records	  when	  you	  can	  	  ¡  Edit	  MARC	  records	  to	  conform	  with	  local	  standards	  	  ¡  Verify	  access	  to	  all	  titles	  (periodically)	  ¡  Communicate	  with	  other	  catalogers	  ¡  But	  how	  do	  you	  predict	  what	  you	  will	  need?	  ¡  Developed	  by	  Terry	  Reese	  at	  Oregon	  State	  ¡  MARC	  editing	  in	  a	  friendly	  yet	  powerful	  text	  editor	  ¡  Z39.50	  client	  ¡  (Binary	  editor!)	  ¡  Maintain	  previous	  versions	  of	  files	  efficiently	  §  No	  need	  for	  	  	  	  fileFeb12-FINAL6.mrk.bak §  Undo	  to	  any	  previous	  version	  ¡  Mercurial	  (Hg):	  §  Free,	  lightweight,	  cross-­‐platform	  §  Easy	  to	  set	  up	  and	  remove	  repositories	  ¡  Command	  line,	  GUI	  (TortoiseHG,	  SourceTree)	  ¡  MarcEdit	  Macros	  §  Visual	  Basic,	  Visual	  Basic.NET	  ¡  .mrk	  format	  is	  text,	  so	  you	  can	  process	  with	  your	  favorite	  programming	  language	  ¡  Don’t	  have	  a	  favorite	  language	  (yet)?	  ¡  From	  CodeAcademy.com:	  Cygwin	  (unix)	  tools:	  	  grep,	  vim,	  vimdiff,	  sort,	  wc	  (and	  the	  list	  goes	  on)	  	  grep ^=856 ebooks.mrk 	  =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9934-4 =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3513-2 =856  40$u http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicVie... =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-661-0 =856  40$u http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-6217-1 ¡  new_ebsco.sh ¡  Profile	  for	  each	  vendor	  answers:	  §  What	  lines	  should	  I	  add/delete?	  §  What	  does	  a	  valid	  URL	  look	  like?	  §  How	  can	  	  I	  tell	  if	  the	  ebook	  is	  live?	  ¡  (Check	  logs	  for	  problems)	  ¡  pull.sh <filename> ¡  Ebook	  errors	  can	  be	  valid	  web	  pages,	  and	  errors	  don’t	  mean	  you	  should	  give	  up!	  ¡  HTTP/1.1 200 OK §  Full	  text	  ebook	  §  Web	  site	  form	  to	  buy	  the	  book	  ¡  HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found §  No	  such	  page	  on	  server	  §  Broken	  DOI	  (that	  you	  should	  report)	  ¡  Database	  holds	  a	  list	  of	  links	  to	  be	  checked	  	  ¡  Script	  checks	  each	  according	  to	  site	  profile	  (pausing	  10	  seconds	  between	  each	  link):	  §  Is	  it	  a	  PDF?	  §  Does	  it	  contain	  the	  phrase	  “This	  is	  not	  part	  of	  your	  subscription”?	  §  Can	  you	  click	  through	  to	  fulltext	  chapters?	  ¡  Dead	  links	  are	  in	  catalogs	  everywhere	  …	  how	  to	  let	  people	  know?	  ¡  Let	  vendors	  know	  if	  you	  find	  them	  in	  the	  wild!	  ¡  A	  blog	  /	  database	  for	  “zombie	  	  	  e-­‐books”	  ?	  ¡  MarcEdit	  http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php	  ¡  Mercurial	  	  http://mercurial.selenic.com/	  ¡  Code	  Academy	  	  http://www.codeacademy.com	  ¡  Cygwin	  	  	  	  	  http://www.cygwin.com	  	  

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