[Koha] How to remove unwanted characters when importing MARC data?

Michael Kuhn mik at adminkuhn.ch
Thu Jun 22 08:46:38 NZST 2017


Hi Brooke

> Not yet. As I wrote it should be an easy way (which can be handled by an
> unsuspecting librarian several times a year). We hoped there is an
> easier way than install even more software and learn how to use it.
> After all it's just deleting two characters. But well, I know... "just"
> and "only" are not valid when dealing with software... sigh.
> 
> As I wrote to Jane Cothron who also suggested MarcEdit: "It's good to
> know MarcEdit could do it, so I probably will try to persuade the
> responsible librarian to install and learn MarcEdit (unfortunately this
> is not a one-off task but the library acquires such data several times a
> year)."
>>>
>      MarcEdit is a fundamental tool for cataloguing, arguably a must > have for almost any ILS. If you're nervous at all, it's free in terms
> of price. It's also so easy, an ijiot like meself has very little 
> trouble using it. When you get good with it, it can be positively  > magical.

As a matter of fact (instead of trying to solve problems with the 
current Kohadevbox, another task) I was right now downloading Marcedit. 
I tried it maybe five years ago and hda no use for it then (and as a 
Linuxite I didn't like the Windows/Wine-dependency). But everything has 
changed now and I'll give it another try... Then it was just one of many 
tools, now I got a concrete problem to solve...

Best wishes: Michael
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