Re: [IUG] Update Item Call number with Bib Call number

["David Kane" <dkane at wit dot ie>]

Hi Kathy,
MarcEdit looks like a neat tool.  Does the procedure that you are outlining
scale to tens of thousands of items?

Thanks,

David.

2008/11/14 <kathy dot koch at gm dot com>

> As others have mentioned there's no rapid/global update ability between
> record types.  The way we did this is by exporting the records,
> manipulating the item record field in MarcEdit and reloading as an overlay
> for the bib.
>
> Problem with this is that I've never found a way to overlay the item
> record so you end up creating a new one(s) with all the data of the old
> and having to delete the old ones without a call number. .Annoying, but
> certainly cheaper than having Innovative do their process.  Email me
> offline if you need specific steps.
>
> Kathy Koch
> Systems Librarian
> GM Information Research
> email: kathy dot koch at gm dot com
>
> "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count;
> everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." ? Albert Einstein
>
> >> Hi Folks,
> >> Just scratching our heads here.
> >>
> >> How can we do a kind of 'rapid update' to make the Item Call number the
> same
> >> as the Bib call number?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> David.
> >>
> >> --
> >> David Kane
> >> Systems Librarian
> >> Waterford Institute of Technology
>
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