Question

We deleted a specific sublibrary from our system but there are still some HOL records which have an OWN field with the according sublibrary code. How can I delete those records or change the OWN field to another value?

Answer

1.Create a list of Aleph Sequential files for records that have in HOL record’s OWN field sublibrary code NNN
1.a) Use “Retrieve Catalog Records (ret-01)” in HOL library and search for OWN field with value NNN
1.b) Run „Download Machine-Readable Records (print-03)” for the output of ret-01 and select only field OWN

2. Deletion of HOL records:
Run „Load ALEPH Sequential MARC Records (manage-18)” in HOL library with options “Update current records in the database” and “Delete a record”
OR
3. Modify OWN field value
3.a) Open output file from 1.b) in vi editor on your server. Use the following command in order to change the OWN field
value:
:1,$s(NNN/YYY/g.
Save the file.
3.b) Load the modified file using „Load ALEPH Sequential MARC Records (manage-18)” with options “Update current records in the database” and “Replace fields within a record”

Category: Cataloging (500)

Subject: Holdings (500)

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013