[Web4lib] Desktop Cataloguing Software

[Jesse Ephraim]

That's probably the way I would do it, in that situation.

For something like what you are describing, I would just have her put
them in Excel, or even use Access with an entry form, then follow the
rest of the steps that David indicated.  

For my personal collection of books (at home) I put the data into
LibraryThing, since much of the basic cataloging work has already been
done (for most titles) by other people.  I just fill in any other
information I need and correct anything that looks wrong.  Then I export
to .csv and go from there.  


Jesse Ephraim

Director, Roanoke Public Library
308 S. Walnut
Roanoke, Texas 76262
(817) 491-2691
jephraim at roanoketexas.com



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Hoyte, Daniel
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 12:26 PM
To: David Kane; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Desktop Cataloguing Software

It has been a while since I dealt with a project like this, but I think
that you can output the file from Excel; comma separated. Use MARCedit
to convert the resulting file to MARC for upload to the ILS.

Daniel Hoyte M.R.S.
Senior Library Systems Technician
Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University
714-532-7745
Skype: daniel.hoyte

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of David Kane
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 7:26 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Desktop Cataloguing Software

Somebody I know wants to catalogue a load of music concert programmes
she has, dating back 30+ years.

I told her to use excel to start with.

Can anyone recommend some kind of software for her to use.

Ultimately we want marc records that could be added to an ILS.

Best,

David.

-- 
David Kane, MLIS.
Systems Librarian
Waterford Institute of Technology
Ireland
http://library.wit.ie/
T: ++353.51302838
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