Re: Don't Monkey with MARC

[Bob Strauss <strauss@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I "feel" a musical number coming on. Something for my show SOLINET. With a tune as catchy as "Don't be the bunny" from Urinetown.

Where did I leave my piano?!

Bob

Subject: RE: Don't Monkey with the MARC
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:36:00 -0400
From: "Ericsson, Paul" <PEricsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <innopac@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx

Elizabeth --

You, and Paul Burry in reply to the previous posting re: dealing with 490's, state this principal so well. A simple, but
ever so important rule of thumb. Don't monkey with MARC.

The screen mapping and index mapping should do everything that we need to deal with the seemingly unusable data that finds
its way into MARC records.

BTW ... I see enormous potential for posters that we can hang in our Tech Services offices.  Don't monkey with MARC  ...

Paul
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