26. ...and even if it does, there are millions of existing records that we’ll want to convert MARC 21 is not going away anytime soon... Extracting Data from MARC 21
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28. How are we approaching it? Extracting Data from MARC 21
29. By tackling it in small chunks! Extracting Data from MARC 21
53. sounds easy...acronyms from EAN to UPC describing 13 digit codes...right? Identifier Extracting Data from MARC 21
54. what are all those other things doing in the ‡a? ...STOP! Identifier
55. Identifier “For a hardbound resource, there is no attempt to use a consistent term other than to use one that conveys the condition intelligibly.” Library of Congress Rule Interpretation 1.8
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57. (and then validate whatever’s left) So we need to parse them out Identifier
58. LDR: 01425ngm a22005058 4504 001: 750785 003: xxxxxxx 005: 20090824164118.0 007: vd||s|||| 008: 080623s2007 enk||| e v|eng d 020: , | $c Retail (S24.99) | 024: 3, | $a 7321900108089 | 028: 4, 0 | $a BDY10808 | $b Warner Home Video | 029: , | $a 7321900108089 | 082: , | $a 812 245: 0, 0 | $a Goodfellas | $h [videorecording] / | $c directed by Martin Scorsese ; music by Christopher Brooks 260: , | $b Warner Home Video, | $c 2007. | 300: , | $a 1 Blu-Ray (139 min.) : | $b col. | 306: , | $a 021900 | 366: , | $b 20070611 | 511: , | $a Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci 521: 8, | $a BBFC code: 18. | 538: , | $a Blu-Ray. | 700: 1, | $a Scorsese, Martin | 700: 1, | $a Brooks, Christopher | 852: , | $b John Harvard | $c BLU-RAY DISC | $m 18 | $z , $z Blu Ray Disc. 18Cert Phew, this one’s easy, no (pbk), (hbk) or even (pbk. , alk. paper) to contend with
59. Now we can start performing lookups against other sources!
60. hardest of the lot... Author Extracting Data from MARC 21
