Conversion of CDS/ISIS records to MARC 21 for Koha using MarcEdit.
Software required
CDS/ISIS
MARC Edit (http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php)
.NET Framework required for the installation of MarcEdit. You can download from here,
www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx
Export CDS/ISIS data in ISO format
CDS/ISIS > Database > Export
It will save your ISIS data in ISO format.
Converting ISO file to MARC
a). Open MarcEdit and select Add-ins>CDS-ISIS.iso=>MARC Translation
b). Locate your iso file and find the place to save the output .mrc file.
c). Check Simple Translation and Click OK button.
This process will convert your ISO file to MARC file with the extension .mrc.
4). Editing MARC fields.
MARC Translation feature converted your ISO file into MARC format. But the fields and sub fields numbers are different from MARC-21 format. Here is the tag numbers used in CDS/ISIS for various fields,
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Accession Number
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120
|
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Author
|
300
|
|
Title
|
200
|
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Edition
|
260
|
|
Editor
|
302
|
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Imprint
|
400
|
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Call Number
|
610
|
|
Subject
|
620
|
|
General Note
|
500
|
Your CDS/ISIS field numbers may be different.
We have to change CDS/ISIS field numbers suitable with MARC 21. You can see field numbers used in MARC 21 to represent bibliographic fields,
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Author
|
100
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Title
|
245
|
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Edition
|
250
|
|
Editor
|
700
|
|
Imprint
|
260
|
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Call Number
|
082
|
|
Subject
|
650
|
|
General Note
|
500
|
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Accession Numbe
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952
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Accession Number 952 (Koha used 952 field to store item information (e.g. Library branch code, Date Acquired, Price etc)
1). List out your CDS/ISIS field numbers against MARC field number for the convenience of mapping process.
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Catalogue Fields
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CDS/ISIS field number
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MARC-21 field number
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ISBN
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100
|
020
|
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Author
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300
|
100
|
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Title
|
200
|
245
|
|
Edition
|
260
|
250
|
|
Editor
|
302
|
700
|
|
Imprint
|
400
|
260
|
|
Call Number
|
610
|
082
|
|
Subject
|
620
|
650
|
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Accession Number
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120
|
952
|
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Extent
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460
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300
|
2). Open MarcEditor from main window of MarcEdit.
3). Open your .mrc file from File > Open.
Select “MARC Files (*.mrc)” from “Files of type” option to see .mrc file you generated from ISO file. Click on the MARC file and Open it.
It will display your MARC records in MarcEditor.
4). Changing of field numbers.
We are going to edit the field numbers compatible with MARC-21 suitable for Koha.
Open Edit>Replace
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