diff --git a/_source/_posts/2023-10-01-import-lc-records-into-pmb.markdown b/_source/_posts/2023-10-01-import-lc-records-into-pmb.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..607010d --- /dev/null +++ b/_source/_posts/2023-10-01-import-lc-records-into-pmb.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Importing Libray of Congress records into PMB" +date: 2023-10-01 18:12:00 +0100 +comments: true +categories: +--- + +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`: + +``` MARC21 record +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 +``` + +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` + +``` UNIMARC record +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 +```