[Metadatalibrarians] Crosswalks

[Bigwood, David]

Teressa,

MarcEdit (by Terry Reese) is a free program that does transformations
from one format to another. It is possible to set up additional
transformations or tweek existing ones within MarcEdit using XML style
sheets. There are other programs out there doing the same thing. Most of
the ones I'm aware of use data in XML (MARCXML is more popular than
MARC) and stylesheets to make the change.

Sincerely,
David Bigwood
dbigwood at gmail.com
Catalogablog
http://catalogablog.blogspot.com
Twitter: LPI_Library



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[mailto:metadatalibrarians-bounces at lists.monarchos.com] On Behalf Of
Keenan, Teressa
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:18 AM
To: A listserv for Metadata Librarians
Subject: [Metadatalibrarians] Crosswalks

Hi everyone;

I am new to metadata librarianship. Though I've been lurking on this
list for a while. I officially start my new position as a
metadata/digital projects librarian on September 1st.  I am very excited
about actually putting my education to use in the real world.  I have a
question that I hope isn't too silly and that someone here on this list
can point me in the right direction.

We learned a bit about crosswalks in library school.  Basically we
either read about or set up tables that show which elements are
equivalent to each other, but the one thing we didn't cover was how this
actually happens.  So if a person wanted to take MARC records from their
local ILS and transform them into DC, how would they do that?  I am
assuming that this isn't only done manually with someone physically
keying in (or copying and pasting) the information into a form.  Is
there some literature out there someplace that explains or describes the
process?  Has anyone actually done this in real life and not just in a
classroom on paper?

I realize I haven't even officially started my new job yet; but I have a
feeling that this is going to be a topic that comes up very soon so I'd
like to learn as much as possible.  

Thanks in advance for any tips you all can send my way.


Teressa M. Keenan
Library Technician - Bibliographic Management Services (until 08/31/08)
Metadata/Digital Productions Librarian (after 09/1/08)
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
The University of Montana 
32 Campus Drive (MMLA01)
Missoula, MT 59812-9936
teressa.keenan at umontana.edu , (406) 243-6862

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