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title: "Importing Libray of Congress records into PMB"
date: 2023-10-01 18:12:00 +0200
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Wanted to import the [Library of Congress record](https://lccn.loc.gov/83020232) for my Webster's dictionary.
It failed with an obscure message (*notices invalides*). Looking at the code, this could be caused by a missing title statement (UNIMARC tag `$200a`).
And indeed upon inspection the title is in MARC zone `$245`:

```marc
00953cam a2200253 a 4500
001 4715262
005 20140505111109.0
008 831102s1984    nyuaf    d    000 0 eng
906    $a 7 $b cbc $c orignew $d 1 $e ocip $f 19 $g y-gencatlg
010    $a    83020232
020    $a 0671418149
035    $9 (DLC)   83020232
040    $a DLC $c DLC $d DLC
050 00 $a PE1625 $b .W34 1984b
082 00 $a 423 $2 19
245 00 $a Webster's New World dictionary of the American language / $c David B. Guralnik, editor in chief.
250    $a 2nd college ed.
260    $a New York, N.Y. : $b Simon and Schuster, $c c1984.
300    $a xxxvi, 1692 p., [36] p. of plates : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 29 cm.
650  0 $a English language $z United States $x Dictionaries.
650  0 $a Americanisms $x Dictionaries.
700 1  $a Guralnik, David B. $q (David Bernard), $d 1920-2000.
991    $b c-GenColl $h PE1625 $i .W34 1984b $t Copy 1 $w BOOKS
991    $b c-GenColl $h PE1625 $i .W34 1984b $p 00017698631 $t Copy 2 $w CCF
```
{:title="MARC21 record"}

Turns out that the LoC notice is in MARC21 format, whereas PMB expects UNIMARC.
So I used [MarcEdit](https://marcedit.reeset.net/) to convert MARC21 to UNIMARC and was able to import.

Conversion process: `Tools > UNIMARC Tools > MARC21=>UNIMARC`

```marc
00812  22a22002415  450
001 4715262
005 20140505111109.0
100    $a 19831102s1984    u||y0   y        0
105    $a         000|y
106    $a y
110    $a zkue   0|||
010    $a 0671418149
200 0  $a Webster's New World dictionary of the American language / $f David B. Guralnik, editor in chief.
205    $a 2nd college ed.
210    $a New York, N.Y. : $c Simon and Schuster, $d c1984.
215 1  $a xxxvi, 1692 p., [36] p. of plates : $c ill. (some col.) ; $d 29 cm.
606    $a English language $x Dictionaries. $y United States
606    $a Americanisms $x Dictionaries.
676    $a 423 $v 19
680    $a PE1625 $b .W34 1984b
701    $a Guralnik $b David B. $f 1920-2000. $g (David Bernard),
721    $a Guralnik, David B. $f 1920-2000.
802    $a zz
```
{:title="UNIMARC record"}
