Editing Legacy Metadata for ETDs: Description of a Best Practice Using the MARCEdit Plug-In Tool

Marielle Veve

Editing Legacy Metadata for ETDs: Description of a Best Practice Using the MARCEdit Plug-In Tool

University of North Florida

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Abstract

As the standards for describing & encoding metadata for electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) constantly change, so is the need to go back and retrospectively edit records that are not in accordance with the new rules. The process of retrospectively editing individual ETD records to meet new standards can be grueling and time-consuming, but with the creation of new tools and developments it does not have to be that way anymore.
 
   The following presentation demonstrates a practical approach used by the University of North Florida (UNF) Libraries to retrospectively batch edit legacy metadata for ETD found in OCLC. The process is simple, saves time, and can be performed by any cataloger or library staff with or without highly specialized technological skills.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jun 8 2016
Event	ALCTS Virtual Preconference 2016 - Webinar Duration: Jun 7 2016 → Jun 8 2016 https://www.ala.org/news/2016/03/alcts-virtual-preconference-coming-june

Conference

Conference	ALCTS Virtual Preconference 2016
Abbreviated title	ALCTS Preconference 2016
City	Webinar
Period	6/7/16 → 6/8/16
Internet address	https://www.ala.org/news/2016/03/alcts-virtual-preconference-coming-june

Keywords

ETD legacy metadata
MarcEdit Plug-In tool
OCLC Connexion
batch retrospective cataloging

Disciplines

Library and Information Science
Cataloging and Metadata

Access to Document

MarcEditPlugin Tool_Veve.pptxFinal published version, 1.99 MBLicense: Unspecified

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