MarcEdit
{{Short description|Metadata editing software}}
{{Orphan|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox software
| name = MarcEdit
| logo =
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| developer = Terry Reese
| released = September 2006
| latest release version = 7.5.x
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2021|10|25}}
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| operating system = Windows / macOS / Linux
| platform = Cross-platform
| language = English
| genre = Library and information science software
| license = Freeware
| website = http://marcedit.reeset.net/
}}
MarcEdit is a metadata editing software suite used primarily to create and manipulate MARC records. Originally developed by Terry Reese in 1999 for a major database cleanup project at Oregon State University, the software was released for wider use in the LIS field.{{cite web|last1=Reese|first1=Terry|title=About MarcEdit|url=http://marcedit.reeset.net/about-marcedit|website=MarcEdit Development|access-date=22 August 2016|date=14 March 2013}} As of 2011, it was used in 143 countries.{{cite journal|last1=Reese|first1=Terry|title=Purposeful Development: Being Ready When Your Project Moves From 'Hobby' to Mission Critical|journal=Code4Lib|date=3 February 2012|issue=16|url=http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/6393|issn=1940-5758}}
Use cases
- MarcEdit can be used with XSLT to retrieve records from remote servers via Z39.50 and then map their contents to another metadata schema.{{cite report|last1=Tripathi|first1=Aditya|title=Metadata Crosswalks with MarcEdit using XSLT|date=1 January 2003|url=http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/ldl/handle/1849/127|access-date=22 August 2016|language=en}}
- Catalogers can use MarcEdit's implementation of the OCLC Worldcat API to read and write records in WorldCat.{{cite journal|last1=Reese|first1=Terry|title=Opening the Door: A First Look at the OCLC WorldCat Metadata API|journal=Code4Lib|date=21 July 2014|issue=25|url=http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/9863|access-date=22 August 2016|issn=1940-5758}}
- MarcEdit can be used to batch-edit authority records.{{cite journal|last1=Finn|first1=Mary|title=Batch-Load Authority Control Cleanup Using MarcEdit and LTI|journal=Technical Services Quarterly|date=4 December 2008|volume=26|issue=1|pages=44–50|doi=10.1080/07317130802225605|hdl=10919/51643|s2cid=62176545|hdl-access=free}}
- MarcEdit can add dereferencable URIs to bibliographic records that use authority control that uniquely identify the relevant authority record.{{cite journal|last1=Shieh|first1=Jackie|last2=Reese|first2=Terry|title=The Importance of Identifiers in the New Web Environment and Using the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) in Subfield Zero ($0): A Small Step That Is Actually a Big Step|journal=Journal of Library Metadata|date=25 January 2016|volume=15|issue=3–4|pages=208–226|doi=10.1080/19386389.2015.1099981|s2cid=61721091}}
References
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External links
- [http://marcedit.reeset.net/ Official site]