MarcEdit and OCLC Integration

TERRY REESE

HEAD OF DIGITAL INITIATIVES

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

REESE.2179@OSU.EDU

Hi

TopicsBackground

Integration work between MarcEdit and OCLC

Working with OCLC through MarcEdit◦ Batch Holdings Edits

◦ Working with Local Bibliographic Data Records

◦ Editing WorldCat in Real-Time

Getting Help

BackgroundQuick Facts:• MarcEdit has been around since 2000 [first public release]

• Developed Using .NET, meaning that theoretically, it can run on multiple platforms (and honestly, much of the development work I’ve been doing this summer has been around this)

• Name is a bit of a misnomer – it’s called MarcEdit but its long sense moved beyond just working with MARC data.

• MarcEdit/OCLC integration has been an ongoing process, starting about 4-5 years ago with the classify service, to what we’ll talk about today around more deep integration with the OCLC APIs.

OCLC Classify ServiceMarcEdit can leverage OCLC WorldCat to generate call numbers automatically for files

◦ Fields used:◦ 001

◦ 010$a$z

◦ 020$a$z

◦ 022$a$z

◦ 024$a$z

◦ 1xx$a

◦ 776$w$z

OCLC Classify Service

Working with OCLC’s Metadata APIMarcEdit can work directly with WorldCat via the Metadata API.

MarcEdit and WorldCatAvailable Operations:

◦ Create/Read/Update Bibliographic Records

◦ Update/Delete Institutional Holdings

◦ Retrieve Holding Code information about an Institution

◦ Create/Read/Update Local Bibliographic Data

MarcEdit and WorldCatA Word of Caution -- there is no net

MarcEdit and WorldCatBut this is really cool because:

◦ Further automate traditional technical services processes◦ Specifically holdings management

◦ Batch record ingestion

◦ Build pipelines between our repository systems and WorldCat

◦ Develop localized interfaces for metadata entry outside the library

◦ Opens up the opportunity for tool builders to interact with the OCLC member community

MarcEdit: Batch WorldCatHoldings Management

MarcEdit: Batch Bibliographic Record Upload

MarcEdit and WorldCatDon’t forget – these functions are available in the MarcEditor as well

MarcEdit and WorldCatWhat’s not there:

◦ Record Validation

◦ Anything to do with authority data

◦ Record Locking (for record editing)

◦ Service Status

◦ User Validation (for permission validation)

MarcEdit and WorldCatHow do I use this?

◦ You need to get a key from OCLC◦ OCLC’s Developer Network: http://oclc.org/developer/

◦ OCLC Metadata API Documentation: http://oclc.org/developer/services/worldcat-metadata-api

◦ Notes on MarcEdit Integration: http://blog.reeset.net/archives/1245

◦ C# OCLC API Library: https://github.com/reeset/oclc_api

Getting HelpYoutube videos (just search for marcedit)

You can ask me: reese.2179@osu.edu or reeset@gmail.comMarcEdit Website: http://marcedit.reeset.net

MarcEdit Listserv: http://www.lsoft.com/scripts/wl.exe?SL1=MARCEDIT-L&H=MAIL04.GMU.EDU

Questions