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MARC record export from EndNote?
Author: T B Wales    Posted: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:22:16 +0100
Has anybody managed to come up with a way of exporting data held in EndNote in US MARC format, suitable for uploading into a library management system? =20 Best wishes, =20 Tim Wales MCLIP ILTM Subject Information Specialist Team Leader=20 (OUBS & Technology) Open University Library=20 Walton Hall=20 Milton Keynes=20 MK7 6AA=20 United Kingdom=20 <http://library.open.ac.uk/> http://library.open.ac.uk=20 Tel: +44 (0)1908 652675=20 Fax: +44 (0)1908 653571=20 Minicom +44(0)1908 655455=20 /> =20 =20 ________________________________________________________________________= This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

RE: MARC record export from EndNote?
Author: Jackson, Geoffrey    Posted: Tue, 25 May 2004 23:38:29 -0400
Dear Mr. Wales, Exporting EndNote (or Reference Manager or ProCite) records in a MARC format isn't possible at this time, and probably never will be (not only for us but for all personal bibliographic manager software everywhere). You could approximate it by creating a MARC export style (I might be pursuaded to try one to see how far I could get), but what EndNote or any other program couldn't do is decide which tags and subfields to use (e.g. 100, 110 or 111? 440 or 490? 500 or 504? 100 or 700?) because of the complex rules governing their use; it couldn't take information from a field and assign parts of it different tags (such as various data in the Notes field) because that data isn't delimited in any way (there is no concept in EndNote of a field within a field); it couldn't assign indicators (i.e. the two numbers which sometimes appear after tags) because for many of them only a human could decide which ones to use; it couldn't produce fixed field data because that requires certain human choices; it couldn't convert the data to AACR2r standards (at least unless the data was entered into the EndNote library according to those standards in the first place), and so on. A program that could do this would be such a feat it would probably have a name like MARCMaster Deluxe 3000. It could make the MARC encoding process easier for the user by asking him certain questions then assigning tags, indicators and subfields as appropriate. This functionality is highly specialized; for us to adopt it would be to radically change the basic purpose of EndNote. I couldn't say we'd never attempt it (I personally would love to be a part of that project!); all we can do for now is to accept your suggestion and consider it for future versions of EndNote or perhaps a new ISI ResearchSoft product. The above opinions are my own and are are provided here in the spirit of discussion only; they do not necessarily reflect the opinions of ISI ResearchSoft. Kind regards, Geoffrey B. Jackson, MLIS Content File Specialist ISI ResearchSoft -----Original Message----- From: T.B.Wales To: Endnote-Interest Sent: 5/25/2004 10:22 AM Subject: MARC record export from EndNote? Has anybody managed to come up with a way of exporting data held in EndNote in US MARC format, suitable for uploading into a library management system? =20 Best wishes, =20 Tim Wales MCLIP ILTM Subject Information Specialist Team Leader=20 (OUBS & Technology) Open University Library=20 Walton Hall=20 Milton Keynes=20 MK7 6AA=20 United Kingdom=20 <http://library.open.ac.uk/> http://library.open.ac.uk=20 Tel: +44 (0)1908 652675=20 Fax: +44 (0)1908 653571=20 Minicom +44(0)1908 655455=20 /> =20 =20 ________________________________________________________________________ = This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: MARC record export from EndNote?
Author: Jessica Moran    Posted: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:09:55 -0700
Please share with list, I am also interested in this question! Thanks, Jessica Moran, Archivist National Center for Science Education http://www.ncseweb.org At 03:22 PM 5/25/2004 +0100, you wrote: >Has anybody managed to come up with a way of exporting data held in >EndNote in US MARC format, suitable for uploading into a library >management system? > >=20 > >Best wishes, > >=20 > >Tim Wales MCLIP ILTM >Subject Information Specialist Team Leader=20 >(OUBS & Technology) > >Open University Library=20 >Walton Hall=20 >Milton Keynes=20 >MK7 6AA=20 >United Kingdom=20 > <http://library.open.ac.uk/> http://library.open.ac.uk=20 > >Tel: +44 (0)1908 652675=20 >Fax: +44 (0)1908 653571=20 >Minicom +44(0)1908 655455=20 > /> > >=20 > >=20 > > >________________________________________________________________________= > >This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email >Security System. ------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

Re: MARC record export from EndNote?
Author: Bronwyn Tarrier    Posted: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:08:11 +0100
Tim The Library of Congress had something called MARCMaker once. I have not used it so could not tell you if it suits your purpose or not but possibly worth trying. but as Geoffrey says converting Endnote to MARC can be a rather complex process in just getting the bits into the right fields etc. Bronwyn ************************************************************************ ***** Bronwyn Tarrier Adept Scientific plc Tel: 01462 489139 Amor Way Fax: 01462 480213 LETCHWORTH email: /> Hertfordshire SG6 1ZA www: http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/ UK ************************************************************************ ***** "T.B.Wales" Sent by: 25/05/2004 03:22 PM Please respond to /> To ENDNOTE-INTEREST cc Subject MARC record export from EndNote? Has anybody managed to come up with a way of exporting data held in EndNote in US MARC format, suitable for uploading into a library management system? =20 Best wishes, =20 Tim Wales MCLIP ILTM Subject Information Specialist Team Leader=20 (OUBS & Technology) Open University Library=20 Walton Hall=20 Milton Keynes=20 MK7 6AA=20 United Kingdom=20 <http://library.open.ac.uk/> http://library.open.ac.uk=20 Tel: +44 (0)1908 652675=20 Fax: +44 (0)1908 653571=20 Minicom +44(0)1908 655455=20 /> =20 =20 ________________________________________________________________________ = This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.

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