Re: Rare Books

Author: Christina McGregor Posted: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:11:56 +0100

Dear Sandra,

Thanks for replying. I was interested to hear that Pro Cite works well for
standard MARC. I was anticipating that there'd be some work to do on the
import filters though so it's good to hear that assumption is correct. I'm
quite keen on the ability to produce subject headings and also I think Pro
Cite has better searching than Reference Manager.

However, I'm concerned that Pro Cite doesn't do the following: Can't set
user defined fields, Can't set mandatory fields, Can't search across several
databases, and there's no search session history. I guess I need to make a
value judgement on how important these features are to the project. I'd be
interested to hear if you've found any particular limitations frustrating?

I should assure that I'm not intending to plague you with Pro Cite queries!
but would be grateful to hear from you again if there's anything that
springs to mind.

Thank you,

Christina

> ----Original Message-----
> From: Sandra Alston /> > Sent: 09 October 2002 22:52
> To: /> > Subject: Re: Rare Books
>
> Dear Christina
>
> I have used ProCite to download a huge number of early imprints for a
> research project tied in to the History of the Book in Canada. There are
> no particular problems with standard MARC fields; the real difficulty
> comes with the series of often lengthy notes which you may wish to retain
> in separate fields. This then involves a fair amount of tweaking of the
> import filters.
>
> One advantage of ProCite over Reference Manager is the ability to
> produce subject lists and this may be one factor to consider in your
> decision.
>
> Sandra Alston
>
>
> Christina McGregor wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I wondered if anyone is using Pro Cite to record rare book catalogue
> > information and whether they've had any particular difficulties in doing
> so?
> > I'm working on a project to import catalogue records from external
> sources
> > for our rare books but we are not at the stage where the proper
> procurement
> > of a cataloguing module of a library systems is viable. Therefore I'm
> > looking for some sort of 'holding pen' to get the data into and am
> > considering either Pro Cite or Reference Manager.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Christina McGregor
> > Inventory Project Manager
> > Direct line: 0207 246 8333
> >
> > St Paul's Cathedral
> > www.stpaulscathedral.org.uk
> >
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> --
> Sandra Alston
> Canadiana Specialist
> University of Toronto Library
> /> >
>
>
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