Generation of MARC Records from VCU’s Ejournal Database

01/21/2000

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Generation of MARC Records from VCU’s Ejournal Database

Library Strategic Plan Initiative and Goals

Initial goal:  Generate ejournal database output in format that can be converted with MARCMaker software

MARC fields in database output:

Use template to generate output from e-journal database: http://www.library.vcu.edu/cfapps/jbc/instruct/vivamarc.cfm 

Perform minor cleanup of records (e.g., using “find/replace all” function, perl script, etc.)

Convert resulting records into MARC transmission format

FTP records into online catalog

Plan for replacing records periodically

Pros and Cons

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Author: Barbara Anderson 

Email: bjanders@vcu.edu 

Home Page: http://www.library.vcu.edu