A handful of updates have been posted related to MarcEdit 7.5 since the program cam out of beta. These have been mostly bug fixes and small enhancements. Here’s the full list: Bug Fix: OCLC Search – multiple terms would result in an error if ‘OR’ was used with specific search indexes. Fixed: 6/22 Enhancement: OCLC… Continue reading MarcEdit Update Round-up
MarcEdit 7.5.x/MarcEdit Mac 3.5.x: Coming out of beta
MarcEdit 7.5/MarcEdit Mac 3.5 is officially out of beta. It has been my primary version of MarcEdit for about 6 months and is where all new development has taken place since Dec. 2020. Because there are significant changes (including framework supported) – MarcEdit 7.5/3.5 are not in-place upgrades. Previous versions of MarcEdit can be installed… Continue reading MarcEdit 7.5.x/MarcEdit Mac 3.5.x: Coming out of beta
Exploring BibFrame workflows in MarcEdit
Update: 6/21/2021: I uploaded a video with sound that demonstrates the process. You can find it here: During this past year while working on MarcEdit 7.5.x/3.5.x, I’ve been giving some thought to how I might be able to facilitate some workflows to allow users to move data to and from BibFrame. While the tools has… Continue reading Exploring BibFrame workflows in MarcEdit
Thoughts on NACOs proposed process on updating CJK records
I would like to take a few minutes and share my thoughts about an updated best practice recently posted by the PCC and NACO related to an update on CJK records. The update is found here: https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/naco/CJK/CJK-Best-Practice-NCR.docx. I’m not certain if this is active or a simply a proposal, but I’ve been having a number… Continue reading Thoughts on NACOs proposed process on updating CJK records
MarcEdit 7.5 Update
ChangeLog: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update75.txt Highlights Preview Changes One of the most requested features over the years has been the ability to preview changes prior to running them. As of 7.5.8 – a new preview option has been added to many of the global editing tools in the MarcEditor. Currently, you will find the preview option attached to… Continue reading MarcEdit 7.5 Update
How do I generate MARC authority records from the Homosaurus vocabulary?
Step by step instructions here: https://youtu.be/FJsdQI3pZPQ Ok, so last week, I got an interesting question on the listserv where a user asked specifically about generating MARC records for use in one’s ILS system from a JSONLD vocabulary. In this case, the vocabulary in question as Homosaurus (Homosaurus Vocabulary Site) – and the questioner was specifically… Continue reading How do I generate MARC authority records from the Homosaurus vocabulary?
MarcEdit: State of the Community *2020-2021
* Sigh – original title said 2019-2020. Obviously, this is for this past year (Jan. 2020-Dec. 31, 2020). Per usual, I wanted to take a couple minutes and look at the state of the MarcEdit project. This is something that I try to do once a year to gauge the current health of the community,… Continue reading MarcEdit: State of the Community *2020-2021
MarcEdit 7.3.x/7.5.x (beta) Updates
Versions are available at: https://marcedit.reeset.net/downloads Information about the changes: 7.3.10 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update7.txt 7.5.0 Change Log: https://marcedit.reeset.net/software/update75.txt If you are using 7.x – this will prompt as normal for update. 7.5.x is the beta build, please be aware I expect to be releasing updates to this build weekly and also expect to find some issues.… Continue reading MarcEdit 7.3.x/7.5.x (beta) Updates
MarcEdit 7.5.x/MacOS 3.5.x Timelines
I sent this to the MarcEdit Listserv to provide info about my thoughts around timelines related to the beta and release. Here’s the info. Dear All, As we are getting close to Feb. 1 (when I’ll make the 7.5 beta build available for testing) – I wanted to provide information about the update process going… Continue reading MarcEdit 7.5.x/MacOS 3.5.x Timelines
MarcEdit 7.5 Change/Bug Fix list
* Updated; 1/20 Change: Allow OS to manage supported supported Security Protocol types. Change: Remove com.sun dependency related to dns and httpserver Change: Changed AppData Path Change: First install automatically imports settings from MarcEdit 7.0-2.x Change: Field Count – simplify UI (consolidate elements) Change: 008 Windows — update help urls to oclc Change: Generate FAST… Continue reading MarcEdit 7.5 Change/Bug Fix list