Data Import Example MARC File for Physical Resources

Owned by Jennifer Eustis
Last updated: Jul 18, 2023
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Make sure to validate both the content standard and encoding for the MARC file. If you have a 001 and 003, FOLIO will create a 035 \\$a. In the example below, the new system generated 035 will be 035 \\$a (OCoLC)ocm55872349. If you don’t want this field automatically generated, then you need to remove the 001 and 003 before you import. Remember to remove any characters such as the “\” that appear at the end of the OCLC number in the 001. For those terms that appear in drop down menus such as item material type, you must spell them and have the same case in your incoming file as that term appears in the drop down. Our load MARC fields are:

  • 852: Contains information for the holdings record like call number, call number type, permanent location. For location, it is recommended to use the code and not the display name. In the example below, SRBC instead of SC Rare Book Collection.

  • 876: Contains information for the item record like barcode, permanent loan type, and item status.

  • 877$m: Contains the item material type phrase

=LDR 02323cam a2200505Ia 4500
=001 ocm55872349
=003 OCoLC
=005 20230428130744.0
=008 040708s1978\\\\maua\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\d
=019 \\$a55088303
=035 \\$a(OCoLC)55872349$z(OCoLC)55088303
=040 \\$aIUL$beng$cIUL$dOCLCQ$dOCLCG$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dNUI$dOCLCO$dUtOrBLW
=041 1\$aeng$hund
=043 \\$an-us---
=050 \4$aPZ8$b.I34 1978
=082 04$a655.173 E34im
=245 03$aAn Impossible enchantment /$cedited by Patricia Joffee ; illustrations by Jeffrey Seaver.
=260 \\$aCambridge, Mass. :$bEphemera Designs,$c1978.
=300 \\$a77, [10] pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c75 mm
=336 \\$atext$btxt$2rdacontent
=337 \\$aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
=338 \\$avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
=500 \\$a"This story is one of many tales from around the world which were compiled and translated by Andrew Lang. With few minor changes, the text appears here as it did in the Grey Fairy Book, published by Longmans, Green and Company in 1900"--Preface, p. [9].
=500 \\$a" ... limited to 500 copies ..."--Colophon.
=500 \\$aText in brown, illustrations in grey.
=500 \\$a" ...letterpress by Tramp Printers, cloth boards by Barbara Blumenthal, printed label. Illus. 500 copies (75 with hand-colored illust., 50 deluxe in leather with hand-colored illus.) --R.C. Bradbury.
=510 4\$aBradbury, R.C. 20th century U.S. miniature books,$cp. 73
=500 \\$aSC/MRBC: Printed by Jude Goldman of Tramp Printers and bound by Barbara Blumenthal.$5MNS
=650 \0$aFairy tales.
=650 \0$aMiniature books$vSpecimens.
=650 \7$afairy tales.$2aat
=655 \7$aTranslations$y20th century.$2rbgenr
=655 \7$aMiniature books (Printing)$zUnited States$y20th century.$2rbpri
=650 \7$aWomen binders.$2local/mns
=700 1\$aJoffee, Patricia.
=700 1\$aGoldman, Jude,$eprinter.
=700 1\$aSeaver, Jeffrey,$eill.
=700 1\$aBlumenthal, Barbara,$ebinder.
=700 1\$aLang, Andrew,$d1844-1912.
=710 2\$aEphemera Designs,$epublisher.
=710 2\$aTramp Printers,$eprinter.
=730 0\$aGrey fairy book.
=852 \\$tDewey Decimal classification$h655.173 E34im$lSCBC
=876 \\$aMLP-55872349-SC$lNon-circulating$sAvailable
=877 \\$mBook