You don't need to write a script. The MARCEditor will add the field to every record in the file. Take a look. --j On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Schwartz, Raymond <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > But how can you automate that in a script? /Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Blake Galbreath > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 2:37 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Anybody know a way to add a MARC tag on-mass to a > file of MARC records > > Yep, then you just go MarcEditor > Tools > Add/Delete Field (F7). > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Jane Costanza <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > MarcEdit is a free MARC editing utility. > > > > http://marcedit.reeset.net/ > > > > Jane Costanza > > Associate Professor/Head of Discovery Services Trinity University San > > Antonio, Texas > > 210-999-7612 > > [log in to unmask] > > http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/ > > http://lib.trinity.edu/ > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Schwartz, Raymond > > <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > Anybody know a way to add a MARC tag on-mass to a file of MARC records. > > I > > > need to add the tag 918 $a with the contents "DELETE" to each of the > > > records. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. /Ray > > > > > > Ray Schwartz > > > Systems Specialist Librarian > > [log in to unmask] > > > <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > David and Lorraine Cheng Library Tel: +1 973 720-3192 > > > William Paterson University Fax: +1 973 > 720-2585 > > > 300 Pompton Road Mobile: +1 201 > > > 424-4491 > > > Wayne, NJ 07470-2103 USA > > > http://nova.wpunj.edu/schwartzr2/< > > > http://euphrates.wpunj.edu/faculty/schwartzr2/> > > > > > > > > > -- > Blake L. Galbreath > Systems Librarian > Eastern Oregon University > One University Boulevard > La Grande, OR 97850 > (541) 962.3017 > [log in to unmask] > -- *John Mignault, Empire State Digital Network Technology Specialist* Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO <http://metro.org/>) 212.228.2320 x129 http://www.mnylc.org/esdn