Presented at the Nebraska Library Association Information Technology and Access Round Table Spring Meeting, May 22, 2014.

1. Technology Tools for
Technical Services
Emily Dust Nimsakont
Cataloging Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
ITART Spring Meeting
May 22, 2014 Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79504817@N00/3139583324/

2. MARC Converters
Amazon to MARC Converter
IMBD to MARC Converter
Web2MARC Converter

3. Amazon to MARC Converter
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/azorder.pl

5. IMDB to MARC Converter
http://amazon.libcat.org/cgi-bin/imdb2marc.pl

7. Web2MARC Converter
http://dl2sl.org/records

8. http://pbskids.org

9. Data Manipulators
MarcEdit
OpenRefine

10. MarcEdit
http://marcedit.reeset.net/
http://marcedit.reeset.net/tutorials

11. MarcEdit features
• MarcEditor with global editing functions
– Add and delete fields
– Edit subfields
– Swap or copy field data
– Edit indicators
– Generate call numbers
– Generate reports

15. MarcEdit features
• Z39.50 client
• RDA Helper
• Integration with some ILS software

16. OpenRefine
http://openrefine.org/

17. OpenRefine features
• Clean your data
– “Remove duplicate records
– Separate multiple values contained in the same
field
– Analyse the distribution of values throughout a
data set
– Group together different representations of the
same reality”
“Cleaning Data with OpenRefine”
http://programminghistorian.org/lessons/cleaning-data-with-openrefine

18. Webinar: “Using Open Refine to
Update, Clean up, and Link Your
Metadata to the Wider World”
http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/
webinar/091813

22. OpenRefine features
• Facilitates Linked Data
• http://freeyourmetadata.org

23. Thank you!
Emily Dust Nimsakont
Cataloging Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
emily.dust.nimsakont@nebraska.gov
800-307-2665