Good morning, Thanks to Bernardo, Ian and Lenora for their help yesterday with my bulkmarcimport problem. One of the tips I received alerted me to the fact that I did not have a 952 $a AND $b in my MARC records. I only had the $b (permanent location), populated with my library code "Cary". I have been confused by this $a and $b thing all along (and still am - more on this below). I edited my MARC to include $a, then tried importing the records again, and this time the records were loaded (thanks everyone!) although items were not. For each of my 23 MARC records, I received a variation of this error: ".Item not added (bib 10, item tag #1, barcode 100034): invalid homebranch" So, I take this to mean that not only do I need a $a, but it needs to be populated before I import the record if I also want to add the item. Is this correct? Can my $a and $b be the same code? I am a single location, no branches or anything, which is why I had thought that only one or the other was needed, but not both. If there is someplace in the sys preferences where I specify the $a, I do not know where this is. I see that I have to put in the library code, which I did, and then this is identical to the code that I put into my $b. Do I just add $a using MARCedit and add a code to all records there? I had left $a blank when I edited it before the successful import. I hope I am being clear. Thanks again for all of your help! Below is a sample record: =LDR 01551ibrary 00433v.141-1 =520 \\$aIES Library has: v.141-162 / 1975-85 =000 01433cas\\2200409\\\4500 =001 ocm05695980\ =003 OCoLC =005 20030326131229.0 =008 791114c19409999ilusr1p\\\\\\\0\\\a0eng\d =010 \\$a 06031134 =040 \\$aNYG$cNYG$dDLC$dNSD$dAIP$dAGL$dNST$dAGL$dOCLCQ =012 \\$a3$k1$m1 =022 0\$a0003-0198 =032 \\$a022420$bUSPS =037 \\$bAmerican Nurseryman Publishing Company, 77 W. Washington St., Suite 2100, Chicago, IL 60602-2904 =042 \\$alc$ansdp =043 \\$an-us--- =050 00$aSB354$b.A2 =070 0\$a80$bAm371 =072 \0$aF100 =082 \\$a634.05 =210 0\$aAm. nurserym. =222 \0$aAmerican nurseryman =245 00$aAmerican nurseryman. =260 \\$aChicago, IL,$bAmerican Nurseryman Pub. Co. =300 \\$av.$bill.$c29 cm. =310 \\$aSemimonthly =362 1\$aBegan with issue for Aug. 1, 1940. =510 1\$aBiological & agricultural index$x0006-3177 =510 0\$aBibliography of agriculture$x0006-1530$bv. 180, no. 5, 1994 =650 \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$vPeriodicals. =650 \0$aNurseries (Horticulture)$zUnited States$vPeriodicals. =780 00$tAmerican nurseryman and the national nurseryman$w(DLC)sf 82006965$w(OCoLC)5735711 =780 05$tInterior landscape$gApr. 2001$x1063-1607$w(DLC)sn 92003306$w(OCoLC)25908196 =850 \\$aCU-RivA$aDLC$aDNAL$aIn$aNcRS$aTxLT$aVtU =936 \\$aUnknown$aVol. 193, no. 7 (Apr. 2001) =952 \\$p100025$oXA .M59$d20050608$bCARY$a Amy C. Schuler Manager of Information Services Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies PO Box AB Millbrook, NY 12545 (845) 677-7600 x164 schulera@caryinstitute.org<mailto:schulera@ecostudies.org>