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Paul Schaffner <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:38:13 -0400
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I'm glad someone said this. Given the propensity of some record suppliers to
dump huge summaries or content notes into their records, I typically
count characters in 505s and 520s and delete the fields entirely if they
are oversize. Easier than trying to whittle them down. 

Paul
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, at 14:20, Doug Rippey wrote:
> Not knowing the size of your repeated 520s, I don't know if this could 
> lead to problems, but there is a hard limit of 9999 to the number of 
> characters in a single MARC field (some local systems impose a 
> 2000-character limit).
> 
> Terry will come up with a nifty looped command that probably finds the 
> first 520 in a record, looks for another 520 after it, and as long as 
> it keeps finding one, will consolidate it into the preceding field. 
> 
> If the notes are short, you'll be fine, but the record will not 
> validate (or load) if you have stacked too many characters into a 
> single 520. The same problem is known to occur with long 505s.
> 
> Doug Rippey  (he/él/…)
> Digital Collections Technician
> University of Denver Libraries
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters 
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Diane Kinney
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 10:14 AM
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [MARCEDIT-L] Merge contents of duplicated field?
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> If I have a record with multiple 520s, is there a way to merge those 
> into one 520 field, either with a dedicated MARCedit function, or maybe 
> with some crafty combination of other functions?  
> 
> I was thinking a find/replace that only impacted the first instance of 
> a given field would make it possible--put some identifying mark at the 
> beginning of the first 520$a, and then have a find/replace remove every 
> "=520  \\$a" EXCEPT for the ones with that special identifying mark.  
> But that seems like something that wouldn't be possible.
> 
> Thanks for any help/suggestions anyone can give me!
> 
> 
> 
> Diane Kinney [she/her/hers]
> Metadata Technician
> Metadata & Processing Services
> 
> Drexel University Libraries 
> Drexel University
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