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Date: | Fri, 29 May 2020 14:31:21 -0400 |
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Greetings,
Many editors show what column the cursor is in. I have noticed that certain MARC
fields are common sites for abuse by catalogers who are willing to add more
characters than the specified limit. (The 505 and 520 fields come to mind.) They seem
to use these fields for promotional essays and perhaps to improve keyword searching
for their own titles. I have seen indexing procedures choke on overly-long text
fields and pause to repair the problem by chopping up the offending fields. It would
be helpful to be able to make a quick check, while still in MarcEditor, for the
character-count of longer fields to determine whether to delete the field outright or
chop it up into manageable pieces. Is it possible to add a current-column number in
the status bar?
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Seth McQuale, MSLIS
Systems Librarian
New York Institute of Technology
Wisser Memorial Library, Room 112
Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000
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(516) 686-1164 [fax (516) 686-1320]
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