I want to echo what Rich has said about the usefulness
of the MARC Magician program. I inherited a catalog
with many many problems...things like duplicate and
out-of-date subject headings, inconsistent call
numbers and prefixes...all the usual stuff. I had
spent weeks trying to clean these up one by one in
Athena...but was able to do the whole catalog in no
time with MARC Magician. I've worked with MARC
records for many years and had to straighten up some
pretty bad cataloging at several schools and NOTHING
has made this tedious job easy until I tried this
little program.
It was easy to learn, had a great tutorial and best
of all, it works.
Robin Mercer
Fox Road Elementary
Raleigh, NC
rwmercer@yahoo.com
--- Rich Tabis <tabis@ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:
> Friends,
> I spent several days this summer cataloging some
> books and videos for
> which I had no MARC records. Like many of you, I had
> stored them in a
> closet for 1 or more years, and I decided this was
> the summer to get
> them done. I had purchased MARC Magician a few years
> ago but hadn't used
> it much, and just recently purchased AccessMARC. But
> when I finally sat
> down and learned how to use both of these programs,
> I was delighted with
> the results and actually happy that I had not
> manually cataloged them
> before. They make the job of creating records for
> books, audiocassettes,
> software, videotapes, etc., so much easier and
> faster! I was actually
> happy that I had not manually cataloged them before.
>
> For those of you not familiar with these programs,
> MARC Magician is a
> CD-ROM that simplifies original cataloging for any
> type of book or media
> and creates good MARC records that you can then
> download into your
> automation system. You choose the template based on
> the item to be
> cataloged, input the title, author, etc., then the
> program formats the
> info (punctuation, spacing, etc.) and creates the
> MARC record. If you
> have Follett automation, there is an EZ transfer
> button that transfers
> the record right into your system without saving it
> on to a disk or hard
> drive first. You can also transfer records from
> Follett back into MARC
> Magician for clean-up, etc. It will even take your
> pre-existing records
> from Follett and tell you if there is missing or
> incorrect info. You
> don't have to use Follett, though. The program will
> work fine with any
> system. You can also do global editing of many MARC
> records
> at a time to make your catalog more consistent and
> can do general record
> cleanup. I also added Card and Label Magician that
> lets you use the
> cataloging info you just did to print out labels and
> catalog cards. I
> love this, since I still keep a shelf-list and have
> a hard time
> finding a good typewriter in the building, not to
> mention the time
> involved.
>
> This past spring, I took advantage of a great offer
> and added the newest
> program the company offers,AccessMARC. This is a
> huge database of MARC
> records for books and nonprint that you search, then
> transfer that
> record right into MARC Magician and do what you want
> from there. I was
> surprised at the number of books and even videotapes
> I was able to
> locate using
> AccesMARC. For some titles,I had previously searched
> for their MARC
> records in the card catalogs of other libraries on
> the 'net, but was not
> able to find them.
>
> Right now, the MITINET company, which sells the
> programs, is offering a
> great price for a bundled package for MARC Magician,
> 1 yr of AccessMARC,
> and the card/label maker, plus support. There is
> even a discount for
> online ordering, and a terrific deal for current
> MARC
> Magician users who want to add AccessMARC.
>
> I don't work or have any association with MITINET,
> but I just wanted to
> share with you all a
> product that makes cataloging and catalog cleanup so
> much easier. In
> fact, it was the recommendations of others on LM_NET
> that led me to
> purchase the product in the first place. I am glad I
> did it and finally
> took the time to learn it--it is well worth it.
>
> For prices,
> http://www.marcmagician.com/Pricing/access.htm
>
>
> Lois Tabis
> Librarian, Sharpsville High School
> Sharpsville, PA
> tabis@adelphia.net
>
>
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