Question

How to update tag tables to validate additional MARC fields in Cataloging?

Answer

1. Go to: C:\Voyager\Catalog\TagTable\[validation type]
2. Update Master.cfg
   1. Backup Master.cfg
   2. Determine if field mandatory
      1. If mandatory, add to [Mandatory ... Fields] section.
      2. If not mandatory, add to end of numbered section for appropriate [Authority Fields], [Bibliographic Fields] or [Holdings Fields] stanza.
   3. In the second part of relevant [Authority Fields], [Bibliographic Fields] or [Holdings Fields] stanza add field number & description.
   4. Save Master.cfg
3. Edit relevant BmarcNxx.cfg, AmarcNxx.cfg or HmarcNxx.cfg.
   1. Backup XmarcNxx.cfg
   2. Edit the file: Add stanzas for the new tag, its subfields & indicators, keeping tags in numeric order.

Additional Information

See Cataloging User's Guide, Appendix A, MARC tag tables.

See also: Overview of editing MARC tag tables for Voyager

[Bibliographic Fields]
0 =000 0
1 =001 0

...

229=882 0
230=886 1
231=887 1
232=264 1 
Field000=Leader
Field001=Control Number

...

Field882=Replacement Record Information
Field886=Foreign MARC Information Field
Field887=Non-MARC Information Field
Field264=Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice 

...

[263Ind2]
0=_
Value_=Undefined

[264]
0=a 1A
1=b 1A
2=c 1A
Subfa=subfield a
Subfb=subfield b
Subfc=subfield c

[264Ind1]
0=2
1=3
Value2=value for 2
Value3=value for 3

[264Ind2]
0=0
1=1
2=2
Value0=indicator value for 0
value1=indicator value for 1
Value2=indicator value for 2

[265]
0=a 1A
1=6 0A
Subfa=Subscription address (OBSOLETE)
Subf6=Linkage (OBSOLETE)

...