I'll second Jason's recommendation. We use different sources as well and it makes a lot of things, especially with electronic resource bibs, much simpler.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Jason Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Geoff. > > Our work flow for vendors who send us records for electronic > items, ebooks, etc., is rather simple. > > We create a bib source for each vendor and then upload the > records and assign the appropriate bib source. > > When the time comes, we can then delete all the records from the > bib source. > > Segregating the records by source makes it easy to do updates, > deletes, etc., in batch. I usually write special scripts to keep > the records up to date depending on the requirements of the > vendor and how they make the records available. > > Barring the use of bib sources, you'll have to identify the > records using vendor codes in whatever field they put them in. > Exactly where you'd look varies depending on your Evergreen > configuration and the vendor. Plus, I'm not a cataloger, so I've > not memorized all of the MARC fields. :) > > Hope that Helps, > Jason > -- > Jason Stephenson > Assistant Director for Technology Services > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium > 4 High ST, Suite 175 > North Andover, MA 01845 > Phone: 978-557-5891 > Email: [email protected] > > > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
