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.[1] As of 2011, it was used in 143 countries.[2]
| Developer(s) | Terry Reese |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 2006 |
| Stable release | 7.5.x
/ October 25, 2021 |
| Operating system | Windows / macOS / Linux |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Library and information science software |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | http://marcedit.reeset.net/ |
Use cases
edit- MarcEdit can be used with XSLT to retrieve records from remote servers via Z39.50 and then map their contents to another metadata schema.[3]
- Catalogers can use MarcEdit's implementation of the OCLC Worldcat API to read and write records in WorldCat.[4]
- MarcEdit can be used to batch-edit authority records.[5]
- MarcEdit can add dereferencable URIs to bibliographic records that use authority control that uniquely identify the relevant authority record.[6]
References
edit- ^ Reese, Terry (14 March 2013). "About MarcEdit". MarcEdit Development. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Reese, Terry (3 February 2012). "Purposeful Development: Being Ready When Your Project Moves From 'Hobby' to Mission Critical". Code4Lib (16). ISSN 1940-5758.
- ^ Tripathi, Aditya (1 January 2003). Metadata Crosswalks with MarcEdit using XSLT (Report). Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Reese, Terry (21 July 2014). "Opening the Door: A First Look at the OCLC WorldCat Metadata API". Code4Lib (25). ISSN 1940-5758. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Finn, Mary (4 December 2008). "Batch-Load Authority Control Cleanup Using MarcEdit and LTI". Technical Services Quarterly. 26 (1): 44–50. doi:10.1080/07317130802225605. hdl:10919/51643. S2CID 62176545.
- ^ Shieh, Jackie; Reese, Terry (25 January 2016). "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 of Library Metadata. 15 (3–4): 208–226. doi:10.1080/19386389.2015.1099981. S2CID 61721091.