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It will take me awhile to delve into this all and understand it so I can determine that the code IS indeed helpful. But one thing I know is that as people you are all very helpful. Thanks so much for sharing. I love this community. Julie. -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Spurgin, Kristina M. Sent: Friday, January 19, 2018 8:13 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC Holdings That MFHD.pm code is so helpful! Thanks for sharing. -Kristina > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Mike Rylander > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 5:49 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC Holdings > > Evergreen has Perl code for generating holdings statements from MFHD > that we use in the serials module. The core MFHD module could > certainly be used directly (with, perhaps, a namespace change), and > the serials module code could serve as a guide for how to make use of > the MFHD module. The latter is, of course, tied to Evergreen's data > structures and general architecture, but the specific calls made by > the serials code to use the MFHD module should be relatively > transparent to a Perl developer and you can ignore all the Evergreen > bits. We're dealing with MARC data (MARC::Record objects) at the > point that we're calling the MFHD module, so that should be translatable to one's own code. > > See MFHD.pm and the contents of the MFHD directory here: > http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Evergreen.git;a=tree;f=Open- > ILS/src/perlmods/lib/OpenILS/Utils > > The serials module is implemented by the code here: > http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Evergreen.git;a=blob;f=Open- > ILS/src/perlmods/lib/OpenILS/Application/Serial.pm > > HTH, > > -- > Mike Rylander > | President > | 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 4:25 PM, Spurgin, Kristina M. > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The MARC libraries cited make it easy to work with MARC in general, > > but > unfortunately the Perl and Ruby versions don't come with any help for > the "interesting" problem of transforming Holdings 853s and 863s into > human- readablesummary holdings statements (like you'd record in the > 866 or 867). (I haven't worked with PyMARC). > > > > We had the same sort of need you describe years ago and came up with > some Perl code that clunkily (and in some cases not quite 100% > accurately) does this. It's not publicly available to point to, but I > could send the relevant part of that code if you are interested. > > > > There has been mild grumbling (from those who pay attention to our > > serials > display) about the not-great way this works, and we are working on a > new discovery interface, so it's on my list to improve the summary > holdings generation from 853s/863s. > > > > I did some searching for code to do this, but didn't find anything > > in my first > attempt. If you find something useful that someone else has for this, > please do share! > > > > I've been thinking through a good approach, but don't have anything > implemented yet. > > > > best, > > Kristina > > > > -=- > > Kristina M. Spurgin -- Library Data Strategist > > E-Resources & Serials Management, Davis Library > > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > CB#3938, Davis Library -- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890 > > 919-962-3825 -- [log in to unmask] > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > >> Of Andromeda Yelton > >> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:01 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] MARC Holdings > >> > >> Note that if perl isn't your thing there are MARC libraries in > >> several languages > >> - python and ruby at least, probably others I don't remember off > >> the top of my head (since I work in python and ruby, no shade to > >> other people's languages :). https://github.com/edsu/pymarc , > >> https://github.com/ruby-marc/ruby- > >> marc . > >> > >> 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 > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Andromeda Yelton > >> Senior Software Engineer, MIT Libraries: https://libraries.mit.edu/ > >> President, Library & Information Technology Association: > >> http://www.lita.org http://andromedayelton.com @ThatAndromeda > >> <http://twitter.com/ThatAndromeda>