I typically use a pretty round-about process for batch updating bib records. It's worked out really well for me so far, but I know that it doesn't really help with the item record updates that your catalogers do.
Here's what I do: 1. Create a report template with the first column containing the bib record's TCN. 2. Create a report using that template in the CSV format. 3. Go to Cataloging > Batch Import/Export, and upload the report containing all those TCNs. 4. Evergreen will produce a file containing all the appropriate MARC records. 5. Use MarcEdit (http://marcedit.reeset.net/) to make the desired changes. 6. Re-import the records into Evergreen, with an appropriate merge profile applied on exact matches (901c) only. I'm curious to see what others are doing. Thanks for asking this, Tony! -Jane On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Tony Bandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > This group has been very helpful with all of my questions, so if I may, just > throw one out there to get folks opinions, best practices, etc., I would be > grateful! > > > > ---------------- > > > > In the case of our consortium, several time our catalogers need to update > 2-3k records at a time, usually to alter a fixed field in the copy record. > I know that we can upload a list of barcodes via the staff client and then > put them into a copy bucket to do batch edits. Realistically however, at > least in cases I’ve tried, we’re finding out that this doesn’t really work > too well, except in small numbers of records. > > > > What does everyone do if you need to update thousands of records at time? > Is this something that is being considered for the web client, now that > sprint 2 is the next target? I do realize that it’s possible to jump down > via the console and do things via SQL, but given the skill set needed to run > operations like that, not too practical to expect catalogers and other > library staff to have the time and knowledge to do this. > > > > Any workarounds, etc. that you may have come up with would be appreciated!!! > > > > --Tony > > > > Tony Bandy > > [email protected] > > OHIONET > > 1500 West Lane Ave. > > Columbus, OH 43221-3975 > > 614-486-2966 x19 > > -- Jane Sandberg Electronic Resources Librarian Linn-Benton Community College [email protected] / 541-917-4655
