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This question may be slightly off topic, as not directly related to the Marc Edit software, but I'm hoping I can find some help from those more knowledegable than I about marc record structure.
We have identified a large group of records in our database that fail to load when we export them to our discovery layer/catalog. The reason is the record length, and usually has to do with the last portion of the leader, position 20-23.
Library of Congress' documentation on MARC 21 communications format indicates that pos. 20-23 ends with "4500". But is this always the case? Is there ever a valid reason for it to contain anything else? And what do the digits 4500 signify?
We are considering doing a global data change to correct all these records that do not end in 4500 in the leader, but I want to understand the implications of that, and wonder if I could possibly be doing harm without really understanding what I am correcting and why.
Thanks to anyone for any insights,
Joe Frawley
Connecticut College
Phone: 860-439-2670
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