on correct MARC coding and consistency in use and content in
particular MARC tags.</para>
+
+
<simplesect xml:id="editingMARCrecords">
<title>Editing MARC Records</title>
format is being able to copy and paste multiple lines. It also allows
the use of tools like MarcEdit (
<link xlink:href="http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php">
- http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php</link>.
+ http://people.oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php</link>).
Unclick the box to switch back.</para>
</listitem>
<emphasis>Right click</emphasis>
to view acceptable tags or indicators.</para>
- </listitem></itemizedlist></step>
-
- <step>
- <para>When finished, click
- <guibutton>Save Record</guibutton>
-
- and then either close the tab or switch to another view
- under <guimenu>Actions for this Record</guimenu>, for example to view it as it
- appears in the OPAC.</para>
- </step>
-
- </procedure>
-
- <tip>
- <para>The MARC Editor may be navigated using keyboard
- shortcuts. Click
- <guibutton>Help</guibutton>
-
- to see the shortcut menu from within the MARC
- Editor.</para>
- </tip>
- </simplesect>
-
- <simplesect xml:id="MARCrecordleader">
- <title>MARC Record Leader and MARC fixed field 008</title>
-
- <indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+<listitem>
+ <indexterm>
<primary>MARC</primary>
<secondary>MARC leader</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>Parts of the leader and the 008 field can be edited
- in the MARC Editor via the fixed field box displayed above
- the MARC record. Information about the leader and the 008
+ with the fixed field box displayed above
+ the MARC record. Click into any box to edit the contents. (Information
+ about the leader and the 008
can be found on the Library of Congress's MARC Standards
page at
<link xlink:href="http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdlist.html">
http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdlist.html</link>
+ .)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <tip>
+ <para>The MARC Editor may be navigated using keyboard
+ shortcuts. Click
+ <guibutton>Help</guibutton>
- .</para>
-
- <procedure>
- <title>To edit the MARC record leader</title>
-
- <step>
- <para>Retrieve and display the appropriate record in
- MARC Edit view.</para>
- </step>
-
- <step>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Click</emphasis>
-
- into any box displayed in the fixed field .</para>
- </step>
-
- <step>
- <para>Press
- <keycap>Tab</keycap>
-
- or use the mouse to move between fields.</para>
+ to see the shortcut menu from within the MARC
+ Editor.</para>
+ </tip>
</step>
<step>
- <para>Click
- <guibutton>Save Record</guibutton>
+ <para>When finished, click
+ <guibutton>Save Record</guibutton>.
- .</para>
+ The record stays open in the editor. You can close the tab or switch to another view
+ under <guimenu>Actions for this Record</guimenu> (for example to view it as it
+ appears in the OPAC).</para>
</step>
</procedure>
- <tip>
- <para>The MARC Editor may be navigated using keyboard
- shortcuts. Click
- <guibutton>Help</guibutton>
-
- to see the shortcut menu from within the MARC
- Editor.</para>
- </tip>
</simplesect>
+
<simplesect xml:id="overlayingMARCrecords">
<title>Overlaying MARC Records</title>
record at a time may be marked for overlay. When another
record is marked for overlay, the previously marked item is
- <emphasis>de-marked</emphasis>
-
- . Once a record is marked, it remains marked until overlaid
+ <emphasis>de-marked</emphasis>. Once a record is marked, it remains
+ marked until overlaid
or until the user logs out of Evergreen.</para>
<procedure>
<guimenu>Actions for this Record</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Mark for Overlay</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
-
- . Record is now
- <emphasis>marked</emphasis>
-
- .</para>
+ </menuchoice>. Record is now
+ <emphasis>marked</emphasis>.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
<step>
<para>Once the record is marked for overlay, proceed to
- <link linkend="z39.60">search for and import the new record from a Z39.50
+ <link linkend="z39.50">search for and import the new record from a Z39.50
target</link>.</para>
</step>