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Dana Pearson <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:26:37 -0500
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after working with mnemonic MARC (which MarcEdit gives a .mrk
extension), you need to "compile" the file back into MARC (which
changes the extension to .mrc) using a menu function..don't have
MarcEdit just now but perhaps you had some intervening steps or
actions?

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Cabus, Michael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>                 I’m new to using MARC-Edit.
>
>
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> I am attempting to edit e-book records, to add an ez-proxy string to the 856
> field.  I got that part figured out; however, I am having difficulty
> importing the resulting file into my Horizon ILS.
>
>
>
> The file starts in .mrc format;  I open the file in the MARC editor, make
> the appropriate change, and then try to save the record.  I notice after the
> edit, the file type defaults to .mrk.  For some reason, my Horizon ILS does
> not like this file format; when I attempt to import it, I get an error
> message, something about a File Position error, which makes me think Horizon
> ILS is not recognizing it as a valid file type for import.
>
>
>
> When I attempt to convert the file to .mrc format in MARC-edit, I get an
> error message: “undefined error. Please make certain that this file is valid
> MARC”.
>
>
>
> Any ideas how I can format the edited file to .mrc format?
>
>
>
> Thanks so much,
>
>
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library
>
> Philadelphia University
>
>
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> Phone (215) 951-5365
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> Email: [log in to unmask]
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Dana Pearson
dbpearsonmlis.com

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