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Heidi P Frank <[log in to unmask]>
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MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks Terry - that's kinda what I figured :)

Right now, the $a and $z dups are in separate 020 fields, so maybe
we'll try to rethink this another way.

cheers,
heidi

Heidi Frank
Electronic Resources & Special Formats Cataloger
New York University Libraries
Knowledge Access & Resources Management Services
20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor
New York, NY  10003
212-998-2499 (office)
212-995-4366 (fax)
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Skype: hfrank71


On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Reese, Terry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The fact that these elements are in different subfields takes this outside
> of MarcEdit’s normal deduping field function.  If you were just looking to
> remove duplicate $a’s or $z’s you could use the tool.  But unfortunately,
> the tool doesn’t search across subfields that way -- unless...would these be
> separate 020 fields or would they be $a’s that were appended to an existing
> 020 with a duplicate $z?  If that was the case, I might be able to give you
> a regular expression that could evaluate the line, comparing two subfields.
>
> --tr
>
> *************************************
> Terry Reese, Associate Professor
> Gray Family Chair for
> Innovative Library Services
> 121 Valley Library
> Corvallis, OR  97331
> tel: 541.737.6384
> *************************************
>
> From: Heidi P Frank
> Sent: February 20, 2013 2:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MARCEDIT-L] de-duping ISBN fields
>
> Hi everyone,
> My colleague is working with a set of ebook records that contain 020
> fields with a mixture of ISBNs for both the print and the ebook
> versions that are always in subfield $z regardless of the format.  The
> 856 fields contain the ISBN for the ebook format, which she wants to
> place in an 020 $a, however, she needs to then de-dup and remove any
> 020 $z fields having the same ISBN number.
>
> She's worked out how to get the ISBN from the 856 field to an 020 $a
> field (by copying the 856 to an 020 and then deleting the extraneous
> URL info), but we're not sure now whether we can remove any 020 fields
> that match the new one.
>
> any ideas??
>
> thanks much!
> heidi
>
> Heidi Frank
> Electronic Resources & Special Formats Cataloger
> New York University Libraries
> Knowledge Access & Resources Management Services
> 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor
> New York, NY  10003
> 212-998-2499 (office)
> 212-995-4366 (fax)
> [log in to unmask]
> Skype: hfrank71
>
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