Library Carpentry: MarcEdit: Glossary

MarcEdit is a tool for working with bibliographic metadata, specifically in the MARC format

MarcEdit can be used to open and edit MARC files

MarcEdit can be used to convert between several different metadata formats, including different expressions of MARC such as MARCXML and Mnemonic MARC

MarcEdit offers a customizable interface with a suite of tools including the MarcEditor

Users can customize their preferences in the Settings module

MarcEdit can work with a variety of file formats

MARC Tools allow you to convert data from one file format to another

The MarcEditor works with a MarcEdit specific mnemonic format of MARC records (.mrk)

MarcEditor is a tool to work with MARC data in an easily readable format

The MarcEditor can be used to perform a number of different functions such as adding, deleting MARC fields or subfields, building MARC fields, running reports, or checking the validity of MARC data

The MarcEditor can be used to perform one task at a time or automate a set of tasks for particular types of MARC files

It is necessary to break a MARC binary file to work with that MARC data in the MarcEditor. The extension of these easily readble MARC files are .mrk rather than the binary extension of .mrc

MarcEditor provides many different tools and reports to profile and edit your MARC records

MarcEdit can be used to edit any part of the MARC data including the Leader, fixed fields, fields, indicators, subfields and the content in those fields.

MarcEdit comes with an array of tools to manipulate data and validate MARC.

MarcEdit tasks are a way to automatic a series of functions

Tasks can consist of any type of function among the MarcEditor tools

Understand what integrations are

Understand where to set up an integration

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