Heidi,
If you are removing all 020 fields with an ISBN in subfield z, this
might work. Use Add/Delete Field with 020 in the Field box and z (or $z)
in the Field Data box and click Delete Field.
Ivon Cecil
Harrington Library Consortium
Amarillo, Texas
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MarcEdit support in technical and instructional matters
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heidi P Frank
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 8:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MARCEDIT-L] de-duping ISBN fields
>
> 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
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>
> 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
> >
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> > Innovative Library Services
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> >
> > 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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