I'd be interested if someone can reproduce this because I can not.

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On May 20, 2010, at 12:01 PM, "Keenan, Teressa" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I’m also trying to move the 260 subfield c date to the 008 and this conversation has been very helpful.  However I have a new twist to add to things.
> 
> When I follow the procedure you all outline here 
> Using  the Edit Subfield Function.  
> Field: 260 [Enter the field with the data that you wish to move] 
> Subfield: c 
> Find: [leave blank – though you can enter data here if you want to find something specific to move] 
> Replace: 008|7|c.?[]|
> 
> This works great and the date is put in the 008 Except the problem is that the coding for the form (s) and the country (xxu) is removed.  The country info we can live without but the form info is necessary for searches in our ILS to work properly.
> 
> Original 008 looks like this =008  100429s9999\\\\xxu\\\\\s\\\\f000\0\eng\d
> 008 after copying the 260 c looks like this   =008  100429s1943               \\f000\0\eng\d
> 
> Does anyone have an easy solution for putting that info back into the 008?  Or for keeping it from disappearing in the first place?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you;
> Teressa
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> Teressa M. Keenan
> Metadata and Digital Production Librarian
> Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
> The University of Montana 
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> Missoula, MT 59812-9936
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