Instructor Notes

Lesson Facilitation Tips

  • Instructors are encouraged to teach the lesson on a PC. Best attempts have been made to add instructor notes where the Mac UI and functionality of MarcEdit differs.
  • This lesson does not account for introduction time. If teaching this lesson as a standalone workshop, allot additional time for Library Carpentry overview and other icreaker introductions.
  • When taught by two instructors, a natural split for handoff is lesson 7, with the first instructor teaching lessons 1-6, and the second teaching 7-10,
  • It is suggested you provide ample set up support prior to the lesson to ensure learners have MarcEdit installed and the data file downloaded. Offering a set up drop-in an hour ahead of lesson to support MarcEdit installation/troubleshooting makes the rest of the lesson run much more smoothly.
  • If teaching this workshop online, opening a zoom breakout room at the start of the worksh is helpful for troubleshooting as required.
  • When teaching online, emphasize that having a second screen is ideal for this workshop. Sharing a single-screen layout at the start of the lesson will support those who do not have access to a second screen.

Introduction to MarcEdit

Getting Started with MarcEdit

Instructor Note

Note: A number of differences have been noted in the Top Level Menu design and features for Mac users in this lesson: - Help is in the top menu bar, not in the window - Preferences gearbox is located on the bottom right hand corner of the main window - Add a shortcut is not available on a Mac - Quicklinks are not available on a Mac - File association settings are not available on a Mac


Working with MARC files

Instructor Note

Note: Some preference updates will force MarcEdit to restart and others will not. Also note that in order for some preference changes to display (such as updating the MarcEditor font settings), you will need to close and reopen the MarcEditor, which would require saving your file if you haven’t done so. Emphasize popup window inconsistencies for learners, especially the need to close windows after use for actions such as Find and Replace. If learners do not close popup windows as they move through exercises, they are more likely to lose their place or get confused.


Layout of the MarcEditor

Profiling Your MARC data

Manipulating MARC data basics

Manipulating MARC data advanced

Tasks and Automation

Instructor Note

Note: “Task Actions” and “Manage Existing Tasks” menu options are different on a Mac.


Instructor Note

Note: If learners need instructions on deleting their existing proxies for the next challenge, suggest they use a find and replace, for example:

  1. Click Edit->Replace
  2. In the search box for Find, type in =856 40\(3Full text:\)uhttps://proxy.edu?url= *note the proxy they added may not be this exact string
  3. In the search box for Replace, type in =856 40\(3Full text:\)u
  4. Click Replace all

Integrations

Regular Expressions