Technology Tools for Technical Services

Emily Dust NimsakontCataloging LibrarianNebraska Library CommissionITART Spring MeetingMay 22, 2014 Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79504817@N00/3139583324/

MARC Converters

Amazon to MARC ConverterIMBD to MARC Converter

Web2MARC Converter

Amazon to MARC Converter

http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/azorder.pl

IMDB to MARC Converter

http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/imdb2marc.pl

Web2MARC Converter

http://dl2sl.org/records

http://pbskids.org

Data Manipulators

MarcEditOpenRefine

MarcEdit

http://marcedit.reeset.net/http://marcedit.reeset.net/tutorials

MarcEdit features

• MarcEditor with global editing functions– Add and delete fields– Edit subfields– Swap or copy field data– Edit indicators– Generate call numbers– Generate reports

MarcEdit features

• Z39.50 client• RDA Helper• Integration with some ILS software

OpenRefine

http://openrefine.org/

OpenRefine features

• Clean your data– “Remove duplicate records– Separate multiple values contained in the

same field– Analyse the distribution of values

throughout a data set– Group together different representations

of the same reality”

“Cleaning Data with OpenRefine”http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/cleaning-data-with-openrefine

Webinar: “Using Open Refine to Update, Clean up, and Link Your Metadata to

the Wider World”

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/091813

OpenRefine features

• Facilitates Linked Data• http://freeyourmetadata.org

Thank you!

Emily Dust NimsakontCataloging Librarian

Nebraska Library Commission

emily.dust.nimsakont@nebraska.gov800-307-2665