Customizing MARC Records

Customizing MARC Records

Summary


CEL has provided for common MARC Customizations. This feature can be found in your MARC download area then select Custom MARC from the top right.



You will then see the entry screen



001 Customization

The 001 field may be customized to prepend a value.
 
Example: cel10012345
 
028 Customization

The 028 field is a fixed value and appears in every record.
 
Example: 028  60$a10012345$bCaOOCEL
 
856u Customization 

The 856u field may be customized to include proxy prepends.
 
The standard 856u field looks like this: $3desLibris e-book:$uhttp://deslibris.ca/ID/439941
 
A prefix can be added to the text to generate a string like this for all records generated for client "university.ca."
 
 
856a Customization

This is a fixed value. Anything entered here will appear as entered.
 
856c Customization

This is a fixed value. Anything entered here will appear as entered.
 
856h Customization

This is a fixed value. Anything entered here will appear as entered.

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