I rewrote the tool, and one of the changes that was made is that you need to
provide a field/subfield (that is changing this weekend). So, if I was
doing this, I would set the 020$a and your match point, and work from there.
You should find that if you define the subfield, the process will complete
correctly. The problem occurring without the subfield, is a problem with
normalization (which the new tool does now).
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Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] Deduplication tool
Hi,
I have 2 files that overlap, one with 142 recs and one with 162 recs and I
need to find the 20 unique recs.
I joined the files, so that the 142 should be duplicated within the joined
file. And I am trying to use the "print unique items" box to get something,
but I don't know what. How does MARCedit know where to print?
The problem was that the original file of 162 had no control numbers (no
001s, no 035s) and the new file of 142 does have OCLC numbers (in 035). I
think I can use 020 ISBN to dedup, though each rec has multiple 020s. I
don't think the vendor changed the files except to add the 035s.
I used 020 as control number, chose date stamp (005) to dedup on, and
checked the box for Print unique items. The process ran, but nothing seemed
to happen.
I am positive I am doing it wrong, but looking at the resources out there, I
can't figure out what....
Any help appreciated.
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Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389
Cataloging & Germanics Librarian
Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask]
University of Washington
Box 352900
Seattle WA 98195-2900
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