Re: [IUG] globally updating call numbers

[Marty Jenkins <martin dot jenkins at wright dot edu>]

Sounds like a job for MarcEdit, which has much more robust find/replace 
capabilities than global update does.
You'd need to output your records into a file, massage them in MarcEdit, and 
reload them.

If you're not familiar with it, MarcEdit was developed by Terry Reese and 
Kyle Banerjee at Oregon State, and is freely available on the web. It's 
pretty easy to use, and *really* powerful for this kind of stuff.
Just Google "marcedit" and it's the first thing that comes up.

Cheers,
Marty

Martin Jenkins
Head, Technical Services
Wright State University Libraries
3640 Col. Glenn Hwy.
Dayton OH 45435
martin dot jenkins at wright dot edu   937.775.4983
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Peterson" <dpeterson at co dot carver dot mn dot us>
To: <cataloging at listserv dot iii dot com>; <innopac at innovativeusers dot org>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:29 PM
Subject: [IUG] globally updating call numbers


> We have a project where we are going to be changing the call numbers on
> our DVDs from Dewey numbers to genres. Our call numbers are in our bib
> records. Our current call numbers look like this:
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>                092  |fDVD |a709.456 |bVAT
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>
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> We need to remove the |a Dewey # and add to the |f the genre title for
> that title.  The |b will stay the same. Our new call number will look
> like this:
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>                092  |fDVD ARTS |bVAT
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>
>
> I've searched CSDirect and the archives. I've learned that we cannot
> delete just a subfield, so we can't just delete |a. How should we go
> about changing the call # so we remove the |a and add to the |f?
>
>
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> Donna L. Peterson
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> Technical Services Manager
>
> Carver County Library
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> 4 City Hall Plaza
>
> Chaska, MN  55318
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> email: dpeterson at co dot carver dot mn dot us
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> phone: 952-227-7605
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> fax: 952-448-9392
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