technology tools for technical services
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Presented at the Nebraska Library Association Information Technology and Access Round Table Spring Meeting, May 22, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Technology Tools for Technical Services
Emily Dust NimsakontCataloging LibrarianNebraska Library CommissionITART Spring MeetingMay 22, 2014 Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79504817@N00/3139583324/
MARC Converters
Amazon to MARC ConverterIMBD to MARC Converter
Web2MARC Converter
Amazon to MARC Converter
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/azorder.pl
IMDB to MARC Converter
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/imdb2marc.pl
http://pbskids.org
Data Manipulators
MarcEditOpenRefine
MarcEdit
http://marcedit.reeset.net/http://marcedit.reeset.net/tutorials
MarcEdit features
• MarcEditor with global editing functions– Add and delete fields– Edit subfields– Swap or copy field data– Edit indicators– Generate call numbers– Generate reports
MarcEdit features
• Z39.50 client• RDA Helper• Integration with some ILS software
OpenRefine features
• Clean your data– “Remove duplicate records– Separate multiple values contained in the
same field– Analyse the distribution of values
throughout a data set– Group together different representations
of the same reality”
“Cleaning Data with OpenRefine”http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/cleaning-data-with-openrefine
Webinar: “Using Open Refine to Update, Clean up, and Link Your Metadata to
the Wider World”
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/091813
OpenRefine features
• Facilitates Linked Data• http://freeyourmetadata.org