This is 1.6.1 and we have staff client imported authority records but
want to make changes to some of them.
The MARC authority records standard seems to facilitate such a scenario:
- in the leader in position 5 you would have "c" for "corrected"
- you keep the record ID or Control Number in field 001 the same of-
course for matching with the outdated authority record already in
Evergreen
- in field 005 you would have a more recent date than the one in the
outdated record
Or fulfilling our need to delete obsolete authority records in
Evergreen by importing a second time with Leader position 5 set to
"d" for deleted.
QUESTION: trying these scenarios does not work: the staff client
batch import simply refuses to do the import second time round and
that seems to be it.
Can anyone help:
- is there an automatic overlay (and delete) mechanism for authority
records by re-importing and how should the record look like
- if not: how can we update or delete outdated authority records
Thanks a lot,
Repke
IISG and PPL libraries, the Netherlands
