thanks, Kevin...did notice that one of the records I showed lacked the c
after the $ in the 245...very odd since the stylesheet constructs that
subfield and I would have had no reason to touch that particular
one...phantom bytes?

dana


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Ford, Kevin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Dana,
>
> Thanks for the detail.  Based on the few example comparisons I've seen, I
> very much like your MARC records more.  Not only are they richer, they
> break up the data better.
>
> Yours,
> Kevin
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > Dana Pearson
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:20 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone
> >
> > Kevin, Eric
> >
> > 7zip worked fine to unzip and records look pretty good since they used
> > 653 and preserved the string from the metadata element with the hypens.
> >  However the records do not do subfield "d" in 100 or 700 fields and
> > thus such content appears in the 245$c.  245$a seems to go missing with
> > some frequency.  MarcEdit does not report any errors though.
> >
> > My original intent was just to keep my XSLT skills sharp while I had
> > some free time last August.  After creating the stylesheet, I then had
> > no free time until January when I could devote 2 or 3 hours to the post
> > transform editing.  Thought I'd just dive in but the pool was much
> > deeper than I had anticipated.
> >
> > Do think libraries will prefer my edited versions although different in
> > non-access points as well.  Incidentally, not many additions since my
> > harvest.
> >
> > First record in the Project Gutenberg produced records:
> >
> > =LDR  00721cam a22002293a 4500
> > =001  27384
> > =003  PGUSA
> > =008  081202s2008||||xxu|||||s|||||000\|\eng\d
> > =040  \\$aPGUSA$beng
> > =042  \\$adc
> > =050  \4$aPQ
> > =100  1\$aDumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870
> > =245  10$a$h[electronic resource] /$cby Alexandre, 1802-1870 Dumas
> > =260  \\$bProject Gutenberg,$c2008
> > =500  \\$aProject Gutenberg
> > =506  \\$aFreely available.
> > =516  \\$aElectronic text
> > =653  \0$aFrance -- History -- Regency, 1715-1723 -- Fiction
> > =653  \0$aOrléans, Philippe, duc d', 1674-1723 -- Fiction
> > =830  \0$aProject Gutenberg$v27384
> > =856  40$uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/27384
> > =856  42$uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/license$3Rights
> >
> > couldn't readily find the above item but here's an example of my
> > records by the same author.
> >
> > =LDR  01002nam a22002535  4500
> > =001  PG18997
> > =006  m||||||||d||||||||
> > =007  cr||n\|||muaua
> > =008  \\\\\\s2006\\\\utu|||||o|||||||||||eng\d
> > =042  \\$adc
> > =090  \\$aPQ
> > =092  \0$aeBooks
> > =100  1\$aDumas, Alexandre,$d1802-1870.
> > =245  14$aThe Vicomte de Bragelonne$h[electronic resource] :$bOr Ten
> > Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty
> > Years After" /$Alexandre Dumas.
> > =260  \\$aSalt Lake City :$bProject Gutenberg Literary Archive
> > Foundation,$c2006.
> > =300  \\$a1 online resource :$bmultiple file formats.
> > =500  \\$aRecords generated from Project Gutenberg RDF data.
> > =540  \\$aApplicable license:$uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/license
> > =650  \0$aAdventure stories.
> > =650  \0$aHistorical fiction.
> > =651  \0$aFrance$vHistory$yLouis XIV, 1643-1715$vFiction.
> > =655  \0$aElectronic books.
> > =710  2\$aProject Gutenberg.
> > =856  40$uhttp://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18997$zClick to access.
> >
> > thanks for your interest..
> >
> > regards,
> > dana
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Ford, Kevin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dana,
> > >
> > > Out of curiosity, how does your crosswalk differ from Project
> > > Gutenberg's MARC files?  See, e.g.:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Offline_Catalogs#MARC_Records_
> > > .28automatically_generated.29
> > >
> > > Yours,
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kevin Ford
> > > Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress
> > > Washington, DC
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf
> > > > Of Dana Pearson
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 9:24 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: [CODE4LIB] best way to make MARC files available to anyone
> > > >
> > > > I have crosswalked the Project Gutenberg RDF/DC metadata to MARC.
> > I
> > > > would like to make these files available to any library that is
> > > > interested.
> > > >
> > > > I thought that I would put them on my website via FTP but don't
> > know
> > > > if that is the best way.  Don't have an ftp client myself so was
> > > > thinking that that may be now passé.
> > > >
> > > > I tried using Google Drive with access available via the link to
> > two
> > > > versions of the files, UTF8 and MARC8.  However, it seems that that
> > > > is not a viable solution.  I can access the files with the URLs
> > > > provided by setting the access to anyone with the URL but doesn't
> > > > work for some of those testing it for me or with the links I have
> > on my webpage..
> > > >
> > > > I have five folders with files of about 38 MB total.  I have
> > > > separated the ebooks, audio books, juvenile content, miscellaneous
> > > > and non-Latin scripts such as Chinese, Modern Greek.  Most of the
> > > > content is in the ebook folder.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to make access as easy as possible.
> > > >
> > > > Google Drive seems to work for me.  Here's the link to my page with
> > > > the links in case you would like to look at the folders.  Works for
> > > > me but not for everyone who's tried it.
> > > >
> > > > http://dbpearsonmlis.com/ProjectGutenbergMarcRecords.html
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > dana
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Dana Pearson
> > > > dbpearsonmlis.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dana Pearson
> > dbpearsonmlis.com
>



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