Thank you both very much, I'll check it out. Julie. -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Guy Dobson Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 9:59 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC Holdings I agree. http://search.cpan.org/~gmcharlt/MARC-Record/ <http://www.drew.edu/?utm_source=FIL_Email_Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FIL%2BEmail%2BFooter> *Guy Dobson <http://www.drew.edu/directory/?q=email:gdobson&utm_source=FIL_Email_Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FIL%2BEmail%2BFooter>* Systems Librarian | Library <http://www.drew.edu/library?utm_source=FIL_Email_Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FIL%2BEmail%2BFooter> Drew University | 36 Madison Ave | Madison, NJ 07940 (973) 408-3207 | drew.edu <http://www.drew.edu/?utm_source=FIL_Email_Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FIL%2BEmail%2BFooter> <http://www.drew.edu/undergraduate/?utm_source=FIL_Email_Footer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FIL%2BEmail%2BFooter> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Rogan Hamby <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 60K isn't that much really. If you're comfortable with perl the > MARC::Record library is a good match with that kind of task and would > let you throw something together really quick. > > > Rogan Hamby > > Data and Project Analyst > > Equinox Open Library Initiative > > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > > email: [log in to unmask] > web: http://EquinoxInitiative.org > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Julie Cole <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I'm pretty new to the world of library systems and this is my first post. > > > > Anyone have any experience parsing MARC Holding records (853 and > > 863) > into > > a more readable 866 or 867 format? > > We are wanting to export our holdings from our ILS into our > > Discovery Layer and trying to save some of the money that the ILS > > vendor would > charge > > us to create the records. > > > > The parsing doesn't look fun, so I was hoping someone has some code > > to > use > > as a starting point. > > Also, I'm not sure how clean our data in 853 and 863 is so any > > scripts or advice on gotchas when cleaning that up would be appreciated. > > We have about 60,000 holding records. > > > > Thanks, > > Julie. > > > > > > Julie Cole > > Library Systems Administrator > > Langara College Library > > Vancouver, BC > > >