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    How to modify an URL in some records?

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Desired Outcome Goal:
    How to modify an URL in the record to start with
    "http://libprox.gold.ac.uk:2048/login?url="

    Procedure:
    To change the value of field 856 use fix_doc_do_file_08 the following way:

    1. Add a line to xxx01/tab/tab_expand
    856 fix_doc_do_file_08 856_fix

    2. Create a file xxx01/tab/import/856_fix with the following content:
    1 856## REPLACE-STRING http,http://libprox.gold.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http

    For changing the records the following tasks are required for the affected records:

    1. Run "Download Machine-Readable Records (print-03)" and select only field 856##
    2. For the output file of print-03 run "Load ALEPH Sequential MARC Records (manage-18)" with options
    - Update current records in the database
    - Replace fields within a record
    - Fix routine 856

    Category: Cataloging (500)

    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013