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Joe Tomich <[log in to unmask]>
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Just copy the one you want to keep, paste it into Notepad or something, 
delete all of the 007s, and then globally add the one you copied.

Joe Tomich
UW-Milwaukee Libraries.

Padma Palakodety wrote:
>
> I have two sets of 007 fields in my marc records for ebooks . I would 
> like to delete one using marc edit. Is this possible. Any help is 
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> /Padma Palakodety/
>
> /Librarian/
>
> /Lake Forest Academy Library/
>
> /1500 W. Kennedy Rd./
>
> /Lake Forest, IL 60045 /
>
> /Phone: 847-615-3225/
>
> /Fax: 847-615-4844/
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> /Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> *From:* MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Joel Marchesoni
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:17 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Append data from one field to another - Email has 
> different SMTP TO: and MIME TO: fields in the email addresses
>
> Hi Henry,
>
> I’m having some trouble getting this to work. It seems that if the 
> field you are copying from is not a 001-009 field you can’t use a 
> character range instead of a subfield. It looks to me like the tools 
> to do this just aren’t there.
>
> Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. If you find a solution I’m sure the 
> rest of the list would be happy to hear it!
>
> Joel
>
> *From:* MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Henry Lam
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:49 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Append data from one field to another
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a similar problem and need your help.
>
> How to replace the data in 008/00-06 with (copy from source) 998/15-20?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards
>
> Henry
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Joel Marchesoni <[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Ian,
>
> I am sending this email to the list so the knowledge may be shared by all.
>
> To append data from one field to another field using this example:
>
> =035 \\$a12345678
>
> …[Fields between omitted for clarity]…
>
> =856 \\$uhttp://www.example.com/ <http://www.example.com/>
>
> 1. Open the MARC file in the MarcEditor function of MarcEdit.
>
> 2. Click the “Tools” menu and then “Swap Field Data”.
>
> 3. Under “Original Data”:
>
> a. In the “Field” box enter the field you wish to copy data from, in 
> this case ‘035’.
>
> b. If you are searching for particular fields you may wish to enter 
> indicators in the “Indicators” field to narrow the search by them, 
> otherwise if you are making the change to all records I would advise 
> leaving this field blank.
>
> c. In subfields, enter the subfields you wish to copy. You must enter 
> a subfield here unless the field you are copying is in the 001-009 
> fields. If it is in those fields, you may enter ‘a’ just for 
> consistency to help remember to enter it for all fields. For multiple 
> subfields simply enter each one in the field; there does not have to 
> be a space between them but it will accept it if there is. 
> Furthermore, if there is a subfield in some fields that does not exist 
> in others enter it anyway; it will ignore it for fields that don’t 
> contain it and will not create a blank subfield if the source does not 
> contain data, but will copy it if data exists in the source field. For 
> our example, we would enter ‘a’. DO NOT enter a ‘$’ in this box; it 
> will cause an error!
>
> d. If you are searching for particular data to move, enter it in the 
> “Find” field. We leave this field blank for our example.
>
> 4. Under “Modified Data”:
>
> a. Enter the destination field in the “Field” box, in this case ‘856’.
>
> b. Enter any indicators you wish to add in the “Indicators” box. We’re 
> leaving this blank so that no change is made to the indicators.
>
> c. For the “Subfields” box, enter all of the subfields from the source 
> “Subfields” box. We would enter ‘a’ here for our example.
>
> 5. Check the “Copy Source” box if you want the data you copy to also 
> stay in the original field.
>
> 6. Since we are appending and not adding a new field, check the “Add 
> to existing field” box.
>
> 7. Click “Process” and the data will be copied.
>
> 8. The data now in the fields will be:
>
> =035 \\$a12345678
>
> =856 \\$uhttp://www.example.com/$a12345678
>
> 8. If you need to undo the operation, click the “Edit” menu and then 
> click “Special Undo”.
>
> I hope this helps with your issue.
>
> Joel Marchesoni
>
> Tech Support Analyst, Hunter Library Systems
>
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> 828-227-2860
>
> P Please consider the environment before printing this email*!*
>
> *From:* Ian Fairclough [mailto:[log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>]
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 01, 2009 10:40 AM
> *To:* Joel Marchesoni
> *Cc:* !Ian Fairclough at Yahoo
> *Subject:* For Joel Marchesoni: MarcEdit question
>
> Joel,
>
> You very kindly provided the procedure below, on MARCEDIT-L. Can you 
> also advise on this question, please? Dr. Mohan Raj Pradhan of 
> HealthNet Nepal posted it shortly after your answer. I was unsure 
> whether he'd received a response, so I wrote to him directly. The 
> substance of his inquiry:
>
> I need a procedure in MarcEdit, by which data of one field can be 
> appended to another field. I would highly appreciate if you could 
> kindly give me detailed answer with example.
>
> If you won't be answering this, please let me know so I can try a 
> different course. Sincerely - Ian
>
> Ian Fairclough
>
> George Mason University
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 703-993-2938 (office)
> __________________________
> 1. Open the Edit Subfield form
> 2. Enter 008 in the 'Field' input box
> 3. Enter 7:4 in the 'Position' box
> 4. Leave the 'Field Data' box blank
> 5. Enter 260|c|| in the 'Replace with' box
> 6. Check 'Move subfield data' at the bottom and make sure anything 
> else is unchecked
> 7. Click replace text and it should do it!
>
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