Setting Up Export Parameters

You can export MARC bib and authority records to a floppy or hard disk. Exporting MARC records saves a copy of the records to a designated file. The original records remain unchanged in your database. You can include item information when you export bib records. This item information is extracted from the bib record’s item record and stored in a specified tag. When you export records, you determine these things:

The tag and subfield that item information is stored in.
The item column the information is extracted from.

You can specify as many item columns you want for each item tag.

To set up export parameters

View: export_target

In these fields, do the following:

Field

Action

Target

Enter the name of the export target.

The target might be a cataloging utility or another location of your library to which you want to send item records.

Description

Enter a description of the target.

Item Tag

Specify the tag number to which the item information will be exported.

In the Item Columns group fields, do the following:

Field

Action

Item Column

Enter a valid column name from the item table that stores the information you want to export.

For a list of Columns for the item table, see the Table Structures Guide.

Subfield

1 Enter the subfield in the item tag that will store the item information.

One column can have multiple target subfields. (For example, to extract collection information, you can enter “collection” as the column, “k” as the first subfield to store information, and “l” as the second subfield to store information.)

2 If more than one subfield contains information you want to store in the tag you are working on, click New, then complete the fields in this table for the new subfield.
3 If you have other Item Columns from which you want to extract information, complete the fields in all of the tables in this task for the new Item Column.

 


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