You can get MARCXML by appending "/marcxml" to the query. This contains
the identical data elements as MARC21 and can be easily transformed to
the Z39.2 if you need that format. So if you are wishing to import
records into your catalog, you can use something like MARCEdit or LC's
MARCXML toolkit to do the conversion.
kc
Bernhard Eversberg wrote:
> Ardie Bausenbach wrote:
>> This new way to access MARC records may be of interest to this list.
>>
> Nice though this sounds ...
> ... it is not quite correct. You don't get anything that really
> looks like a MARC record. If you want that, and if you want automatic
> access and processing of the record retrieved, you have to use the
> Z39.50 service.
> You also cannot copy&paste any of the pretty displays into your
> wordprocessor, for you lose the formatting and special characters.
>
> The FAQ ought to answer these questions, but it doesn't.
>
> B.Eversberg
>
>
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