Exporting MARC records for catalogs other than LOC
1. Create a folder on your PC for your MARC
records, such as MARC_records
2. Go to a library catalog
There are many
library catalogs available on the Internet as sources for MARC records (if
available, an option to download the MARC record will display at the bottom of
the screen). Note that many sites allow downloading of multiple records in a
batch. Some sites with downloadable MARC records include:
Atlanta Metropolitan College [http://gil.atlm.peachnet.edu/] (click on
"technical display" of search results)
Minuteman Library Network
[http://library.minlib.net/search/] (click on "save record" and then
"view saved records"
OhioLINK
[http://olc1.ohiolink.edu/search] (click "save for export" to mark
record for downloading, and when done click "view saved records"
Queensboro Public Library [http://web2.queenslibrary.org/] (click on
"MARC record" and then "download MARC record)
Salt Lake City Public Library
System
[http://salty.slcpl.lib.ut.us/search/] (click on "export", when done
click on "view/export MARC records)
URSUS (Maine Union
Catalog)[http://ursus.maine.edu/search~S14](click "export" to mark
record for downloading, and when done click "export saved list" )
4. Search to find the corresponding record.
5. Once you have found the correct record
change the display to the MARC record by locating that choice and clicking on
it
6. Once the MARC record displays locate the
option to download or e-mail the record
7. If the download option is available,
download the record to the folder you created on your PC. If the catalog allows
for batch downloading, then you can wait to download until you have finished
your searching and retrieval of MARC records in this particular catalog.
To import these
records into your circulation software, use the circulation software’s
capabilities as if these records were from a floppy disk sent with a book
order, but instead of choosing the floppy drive (usually drive "A")
select the "C" drive and then locate the folder with the MARC records
from the Library of Congress you had previously downloaded.
Edit the records
using your circulation software. Pay particular attention to the physical
description area and subject headings, making sure that they are complete and
contain the headings appropriate to your library.
November
13, 2003
Denise A. Garofalo