Symptoms

If a record's DEOF (00-05 character positions in 008 Fixed Field) is blank, it pulls the information from 06-11 character positions and fills in the DEOF when the record is updated.

Defect Status

VYG-4081 is currently in Development.

Replication Steps

1. Log in to Cataloging.
2. Import or create a record where character positions 00-05 of the 008 Fixed Field are blank and save to DB.
3. Go back to record, edit something in the record and click Save to DB.
4. The 00-05 positions in the 008 now have duplicate information from the 06-11 positions of that field.
5. Note that successive re-saves to the DB may toggle the value in 00-05 back and forth between blank and the contents of 06-11.

Workaround

There is no workaround.  This portion of the 008 cannot be edited. 

Customers have reported this problem occurring when exporting data from OCLC and stripping the 008 field.

• Article last edited: 22-Jun-2021