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PyMARC Basics: Glossary

Key Points

Introduction and Setup
  • The software we need for the lesson is correct versions and works as expected

  • The files we need for rest of lesson are available

MARC basics
  • We know where to find resources that describe MARC records/fields

  • We know how to identify the component parts of a MARC record/field

Parsing with PyMARC - Part One
  • We can print out any field from a MARC record we are interested in.

  • We can search for specific information in a set of MARC records.

Parsing with PyMARC - Part Two
  • We can search for specific information in a set of MARC records.

  • We understand how to explore fields, indicators and subfields in any MARC record.

Changing a record with PyMARC
  • We can manipulate a MARC record with PyMARC

  • We can change the information in a record

  • We can add a field to record

  • We can make a new record

Saving MARC Files
  • We can save a MARC record to a suitable format

  • We can save MARC records to a suitable format

Glossary

IDE - Integrated development environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_development_environment