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Andrew Hankinson
Mar 29
Gitlab activity and input
Hi everyone, A few things to be aware of, if you don't follow the GitLab activity: - I've
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Gitlab activity and input
Hi everyone, A few things to be aware of, if you don't follow the GitLab activity: - I've
Mar 29
Ben W.
Mar 22
Leader allows nonexistent properties to be set
Hello all, I hadn't realized the name of the "status" property in the Leader object had
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Leader allows nonexistent properties to be set
Hello all, I hadn't realized the name of the "status" property in the Leader object had
Mar 22
Ben W.
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Ed Summers
9
Mar 1
Dollar sign characters in text shifted to "{dollar}"
LOL. I should be clearer, Ed: Our ILS system is Aleph/Ex Libris, so that will be the parser with the
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Dollar sign characters in text shifted to "{dollar}"
LOL. I should be clearer, Ed: Our ILS system is Aleph/Ex Libris, so that will be the parser with the
Mar 1
Ben W.
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Ed Summers
4
Feb 14
field.format_field(): should it return tag, indicators, and subfield indicators as the docstring says?
Thanks for the update, Ed, happy to help! B On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 10:22 AM Ed Summers <ehs@pobox
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field.format_field(): should it return tag, indicators, and subfield indicators as the docstring says?
Thanks for the update, Ed, happy to help! B On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 10:22 AM Ed Summers <ehs@pobox
Feb 14
Tino Dai
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Ben W.
3
12/20/23
Creation of MARC Validator using Lex/Yacc/Antlr
Doing much the same as you, Tomasz, in using MarcEdit calls for validation, but I'm certainly
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Creation of MARC Validator using Lex/Yacc/Antlr
Doing much the same as you, Tomasz, in using MarcEdit calls for validation, but I'm certainly
12/20/23
Chelsea Patella
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Ed Summers
3
11/15/23
Editing last subfield
That solved it - thank you! Chelsea E. Patella, MLIS Library IT Specialist / Python Developer Cassidy
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Editing last subfield
That solved it - thank you! Chelsea E. Patella, MLIS Library IT Specialist / Python Developer Cassidy
11/15/23
Geoffrey Spear
7/12/23
Read the Docs
All, I finally got around to adding the .readthedocs.yaml files RTD has been nagging me about (
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Read the Docs
All, I finally got around to adding the .readthedocs.yaml files RTD has been nagging me about (
7/12/23
Ed Summers
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Tomasz Kalata
4
5/1/23
pymarc v5.0.0
Great work! Thank you Andrew and all contributors. On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 10:26 AM Andrew Hankinson
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pymarc v5.0.0
Great work! Thank you Andrew and all contributors. On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 10:26 AM Andrew Hankinson
5/1/23
Andrew Hankinson
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Svetlana Koroteeva
19
4/18/23
Major version release
Kia ora, It is all working really good. It was just a case, which was only one, when we needed to
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Major version release
Kia ora, It is all working really good. It was just a case, which was only one, when we needed to
4/18/23
Chelsea Patella
11/28/22
Matching similar strings in 245
Hi everyone, Has anyone attempted to use difflib sequencematcher or Fuzzy string matching to search
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Matching similar strings in 245
Hi everyone, Has anyone attempted to use difflib sequencematcher or Fuzzy string matching to search
11/28/22
Chelsea Patella
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Tomasz Kalata
3
10/4/22
Merging fields from two MARC Files
I second Andy's suggestions. His approach will work well for small to moderate size of MARC files
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Merging fields from two MARC Files
I second Andy's suggestions. His approach will work well for small to moderate size of MARC files
10/4/22
wells....@gmail.com
8/17/22
updating the leader
Hey everyone, I'm trying to replace all instances of the leader with the same uniform text. This
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updating the leader
Hey everyone, I'm trying to replace all instances of the leader with the same uniform text. This
8/17/22
Kun Lin
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Rob Loomis
8
6/9/22
Get a count of records
Pretty sure neither .mrk nor XML MARC contain any header data that would provide a record count. That
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Get a count of records
Pretty sure neither .mrk nor XML MARC contain any header data that would provide a record count. That
6/9/22
Theodor
2/25/22
Getting decoded strings from {u12E8}{u12A0}-style encoding
Hi! This feels like a newbie question, but how on earth do I get the actual string-representation of
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Getting decoded strings from {u12E8}{u12A0}-style encoding
Hi! This feels like a newbie question, but how on earth do I get the actual string-representation of
2/25/22
darekpe pe
1/26/22
convert mrk to mrc
Hello, i'm form Poland and i'm working with large marc files in python. I do this on simple
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convert mrk to mrc
Hello, i'm form Poland and i'm working with large marc files in python. I do this on simple
1/26/22
Theodor
11/25/21
Fixing reading exceptions while reading from reader
Hi I am building tools for large sets of MARC records, and I often come across everything from a
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Fixing reading exceptions while reading from reader
Hi I am building tools for large sets of MARC records, and I often come across everything from a
11/25/21
rutht...@gmail.com
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Geoffrey Spear
2
10/9/21
latin-1 encoding error when writing out MARC file downloaded via OAI-PMH
Ruth, You can force the record to unicode by adding: record.leader = record.leader[:9] + "a
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latin-1 encoding error when writing out MARC file downloaded via OAI-PMH
Ruth, You can force the record to unicode by adding: record.leader = record.leader[:9] + "a
10/9/21
Andrew Cunningham
3
10/2/21
Handling MARC records that use CESU-8 encoding
On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 16:02, Andrew Cunningham <lang.s...@gmail.com> wrote: The third
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Handling MARC records that use CESU-8 encoding
On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 at 16:02, Andrew Cunningham <lang.s...@gmail.com> wrote: The third
10/2/21
wells....@gmail.com
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Geoffrey Spear
2
9/30/21
post pymarc files look fine but post import into polaris 1 field getting garbled
Christine, The display of the 700 field from pymarc looks off; is it missing an indicator? The $
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post pymarc files look fine but post import into polaris 1 field getting garbled
Christine, The display of the 700 field from pymarc looks off; is it missing an indicator? The $
9/30/21
wells....@gmail.com
9/30/21
how do you update indicators?
First thankyouthankyouthankyou for reading this. I've got a file with no indicators in the 100
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how do you update indicators?
First thankyouthankyouthankyou for reading this. I've got a file with no indicators in the 100
9/30/21
Ben W.
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Geoffrey Spear
3
9/16/21
"WARNING:root:missing indicators:" Can I catch and redirect these at runtime?
Thanks Geoff, always appreciate your thoughts! And yeah, I'm getting that "
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"WARNING:root:missing indicators:" Can I catch and redirect these at runtime?
Thanks Geoff, always appreciate your thoughts! And yeah, I'm getting that "
9/16/21
Ben W.
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Ed Summers
2
7/23/21
Chaining methods with pymarc for the win!
On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 09:12 -0700, Ben W. wrote: > with open(marc_path, mode="rb") as
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Chaining methods with pymarc for the win!
On Fri, 2021-07-23 at 09:12 -0700, Ben W. wrote: > with open(marc_path, mode="rb") as
7/23/21
Ben W.
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Geoffrey Spear
7
6/3/21
Return list/set of field numbers from record set?
In use, filtering out some proquest records to another file. I wasn't sure which field(s) might
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Return list/set of field numbers from record set?
In use, filtering out some proquest records to another file. I wasn't sure which field(s) might
6/3/21
Catherine Coleman
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Mark A. Matienzo
4
4/14/21
Parse 008 positionally defined codes to text
Thank you Geoffrey and Mark. I have the documentation. I just didn't want to have to redo work
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Parse 008 positionally defined codes to text
Thank you Geoffrey and Mark. I have the documentation. I just didn't want to have to redo work
4/14/21
akohl...@gmail.com
3/11/21
pymarc support for 880 linked fields?
Hi - I have a project where I need to add/move/delete fields which may have counterparts in 880s,
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pymarc support for 880 linked fields?
Hi - I have a project where I need to add/move/delete fields which may have counterparts in 880s,
3/11/21
Alexander Winkler
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Andy Kohler
3
11/13/20
RecordLengthInvalid when parsing UNIMARC
Great, thank you very much! I was expecting a problem of this type but I would never have noticed the
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RecordLengthInvalid when parsing UNIMARC
Great, thank you very much! I was expecting a problem of this type but I would never have noticed the
11/13/20
Theodor
10/30/20
Performance in pymarc
Just to get a base line, what performance are you having with Pymarc at best when iterating over
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Performance in pymarc
Just to get a base line, what performance are you having with Pymarc at best when iterating over
10/30/20
Clara Turp
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Marie-Hélène Vézina - UdeM
7
7/28/20
Batch creating 245, help with second indicator
Hi Marie-Hélène, I would love to see it, if you don't mind! Thanks, Clara On Tuesday, July 28,
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Batch creating 245, help with second indicator
Hi Marie-Hélène, I would love to see it, if you don't mind! Thanks, Clara On Tuesday, July 28,
7/28/20
Natasha
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Jennifer Marie
4
7/14/20
adding field to more than one record
Yes! I'm happy I could help. Best Jennifer On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 11:44 AM Natasha <
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adding field to more than one record
Yes! I'm happy I could help. Best Jennifer On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 11:44 AM Natasha <
7/14/20
Jennifer Marie
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Joshua Westgard
4
7/8/20
Create new field with variable
Hi all, I had a flash of insight thanks to Joshua. I really ran through the code multiple times in my
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Create new field with variable
Hi all, I had a flash of insight thanks to Joshua. I really ran through the code multiple times in my
7/8/20