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Seems to me that MarcEdit might be a good tool for this. It has the ability to do batch searching and to extract individual fields from records retrieved http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php kyle On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Di Worth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Code4Libs > The University of Tasmania has about one third of its collection > classified by Dewey, and the other part by Library of Congress > classification. We will be able to find an LC call number, either from a > call number on an added copy, or from the 050 tag in the bib record. We > have found though that we have about 50,000 bib records with no added > copies with LC call#, and no 050 information. About 10,000 of these bibs > do have 010 tags (LC #s), so one assumes that an LC call number would be > available for them should we be able to interrogate a database like > Libraries Australia or WorldCat and be able to find the information. > > Trouble is, although we may be competent at SQL on our databases, > automatically "piping" information to an application and parsing results > is not something we've done. This list seems to have some very savvy > people on it - can anyone suggest how we could proceed? Could we use > something like Yaz with an input file of requests, and get an output file > with 050 information? Has anyone done this already? Is there an > electronic file available with a Dewey - LC conversion, which we could > use? 50,000 bibs is a lot for us to manually look up! > > Any help you could give would be most appreciated > > Di > > ========================================= > -- Di Worth > -- Associate Librarian > -- Library (Division of Teaching and Learning) > -- University of Tasmania > -- Hobart Campus > -- Private Bag 25 > -- Hobart Tasmania 7001 > -- phone: (03) 6226 2208 Intl +61 3 6226 2208 > -- fax: (03) 6226 2878 Intl +61 3 6226 2878 > -- mobile: 0408 292 788 (internal x5557) > -- email: [log in to unmask] > -- > -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Kyle Banerjee Digital Services Program Manager Orbis Cascade Alliance [log in to unmask] / 541.359.9599