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Locations

By default, MarcEdit utilizes system defined folders for storing user configuration data, temp files, etc.  However, in some environments, users may want to share tasks or configuration settings; in others, they may utilize a network drive as their default file path.  This preference section allows users to customize where MarcEdit should look for and store data (at least specific types of data).

Other Settings

As seen so far, MarcEdit’s configuration settings tend to be group by a specific component or action.  The Other Settings configuration group was created for those options that don’t fit neatly into a specific component or action subgroup.  In most cases, items found in this grouping deal with record description issues.  For example, options defining the Title tag, the Author Tag, the Call Number tag and the Control number tag define what fields within a MARC data file that can be utilized for purposes of display or record sorting.  Given MarcEdit’s MARC agnostic nature, these values must be use defined so that the application can interpret the data correctly for purposes of display.  By default, MarcEdit will utilize MARC21 values if the user does not provide their own: Title tag set to the 245$a, Author tag to the 1xx$a, Call number tag to the 050$a and Control Number tag to the 001.

As noted above, these display values are utilized throughout the application.  Within the MarcEditor, the defined values can be utilized for record sorting; within the Extract Selected Records, the Title tag is used to set the default display field data.  In the Z39.50 tool, the Title field is used to set the default title field used for display.  While MarcEdit does not utilize these values for any specific processing tasks (save for sorting), these values play an important role in helping the program understand how data is to be displayed back to the user.

In addition to configuring MARC tag definitions, the tool provides access to two sorting preferences:

1. 880: Use linking field for sort: Recommended Value: Checked.  When unchecked, the tool will sort all 880 fields together, regardless of which field it is paired to.  When check, the tool will sort the 880 field together, but use the linked field to sort field groups together.
2. Infile 880 fields and field pairs: When checked, this will sort the 880 fields next to the field that they are linked to.

 

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