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Seth McQuale <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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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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