MARC Family Wizard
The MARC Family policy allows you to choose the type of MARC encoding that applies to a specific set of records. When importing records via SmartPort or the Load Bibliographic Records report, you can select the MARC Family to be used. SirsiDynix Symphony then only looks at the Bibliographic Map policies which contain the selected MARC Family, thereby limiting the assignment of a Catalog Format to those attached to a specific encoding family.
This feature is only used by sites importing records of different MARC encodings, such as MARC 21 and UNIMARC.
By default, the MARC Families feature is not configured. To use this feature, contact SirsiDynix Customer Support.
Attributes
The MARC Family wizard displays the following attributes.
| • | Name |
| • | Description |
The Name attribute uniquely describes the policy. Typically, the name describes the type of item being loaded. This name is ten characters or less, and may not include spaces or punctuation, except for dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($). Additionally, the pipe character (|) may not be used.
This attribute provides more information about the policy and its use by the library. The description may be up to 60 characters in length. Although the Description attribute may contain spaces and punctuation, the pipe character (|) cannot be used.
Sample MARC Family Policies
The following table lists sample MARC family policies.
|
Name |
Description |
|
MARC21 |
MARC 21 formats |
|
CNMARC |
Chinese MARC formats |
|
UNIMARC |
UNIMARC formats |
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