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2024
6/21/2024
Updated to Library of Congress
MARC Bibiliographic Update 38
Updated to Library of Congress
MARC Authority Update 38
5/10/2024
When reloading Global Edit data, retain previously-expanded nodes and auto-scroll to previously-selected row
4/18/2024
Fixed Use Numeric Comparisons global edit option not loading properly
Clarified record count when a filter is applied to My Records and running a global edit on All Records
Removed ReadnQuiz support
Fix MARC printouts for control fields in Firefox
3/18/2024
Fixed error when opening cataloger on a Chromebook
3/8/2024
Profile > User > Local Preferences > Restore Defaults now works with clearing My Records grid preferences for Bibliographic and Authority
3/5/2024
Full support for Authority records including searching, editing, templates, lists, global editing, etc. See details in
user guide
Improved MARC printouts when Text Size is set larger than 100% in Windows
2/29/2024
Added additional award notes in the following categories:
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) Children & Young Adult
Literary Award
Debut Author
Fiction
Nonfiction
Graphic Novel
Poetry
Literary Honor Award
Debut Author
Fiction
Nonfiction
Graphic Novel
Poetry
2/13/2024
Added additional award notes:
Booker Prize for English Speaking Worldwide
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for Memoir/Autobiography
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
2023
10/13/2023
Custom columns now support showing data field indicators
8/23/2023
Updated MARC Code List for Relators to latest version
Fixed
Send copy to user...
for sharing global edits
7/7/2023
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 36
Fixed adding a new field sometimes did not add all default subfields
Custom holdings configured with 1-part call numbers now shows just that subfield
6/21/2023
Custom Templates now included in BestMARC Standard
Added Record Repair option to change 440 fields to 490
Added Record Repair option to remove duplicate 510 and 521 fields
5/2/2023
Fixed sometimes showing wrong report after processing records (Global Edit, Workflows, checkpoints, etc)
4/25/2023
Fixed clicking on warnings for missing fields within a range
Improve bibliographic MARC info file size
3/5/2023
Updated AnalyzeMARC report branding
Updated Alexandria integration to support Alexandria's new UTF8 import
2/28/2023
Added additional award notes:
Writers' League of Texas Discovery Prize winners in 5 categories
Rainbow Book List titles in 18 categories for 2022 and 2023
2/10/2023
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 35
Support Unicode characters within Global Editing
Improve Global Edit download sizes by loading more data on demand
2022
11/25/2022
Updated Sears Subject Headings to 23rd Edition. Updates appear in Subject Explorer and from running the Subject Heading Updates Enhancement with the
Update subject types > Sears
option turned on.
9/29/2022
Global Edits, Workflows, and Selections now have a Description field to allow you to enter full details about what it does in addition to the automated summary that is generated. The Description can be entered at creation or by using the "Rename" command of the item.
8/12/2022
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 34
5/24/2022
Added new
Index Of
global edit condition, allowing edits such as:
Delete 650’s beyond the 5th
Delete holdings after the first one
Update just the 2nd 008
4/29/2022
Added additional national awards:
National Jewish Book Awards - expanded to 22 total categories
3/17/2022
Added additional national awards:
Moonbeams - in 37 different categories
National Jewish Book Awards
Jewish Book of the Year
American Jewish Studies
Autobiography and Memoir
Biography
Book Club Award
New York Times – The 10 Best Books
Fiction
Non-fiction
Paterson Poetry Prize
2/25/2022
Added additional Utah state awards:
15 Bytes Book Award - Art
15 Bytes Book Award - Fiction
15 Bytes Book Award - Poetry
15 Bytes Book Award - Creative Nonfiction
Juanita Brooks Prize in Mormon Studies
Added additional Wisconsin state awards:
Heartland Booksellers Award - Fiction
Heartland Booksellers Award - Nonfiction
Heartland Booksellers Award - Picture Book
Heartland Booksellers Award - Poetry
Heartland Booksellers Award - Young Adult Middle Grade
2/18/2022
Added additional Texas state awards:
Texas – Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List
The Spirt of Texas (SPOT)
Texas Topaz Reading List - Adult
Texas Topaz Reading List – Adult for Young Adult
Texas Topaz Reading List – Youth Titles - Grades K-2
Texas Topaz Reading List – Youth Titles – Grades 3-5
Texas Topaz Reading List – Youth Titles – Grades 6-8
Texas Topaz Reading List – Youth Titles – Grades 9-12
Texas – 2 X 2 List
Texas – Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List – Grades K-5
Texas – Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List – Grades K-2
Texas – Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List – Grades 3-5
2/17/2022
Replaced Kid-friendly subject option with new
Subject Enrichment
feature. Users can now turn on and off individual Kid-Friendly subjects and add their own lists of subjects to add based on existing subjects.
2/11/2022
Added additional Tennessee state award:
Tennessee History Book Award
2/9/2022
Added additional Oregon state awards:
Ken Kesey Award for Fiction
Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry
Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction
Oregon – Award for Graphic Literature
1/6/2022
Added additional Minnesota state awards for non-fiction:
Emilie Buchward Award
Minnesota Book Award
2021
12/14/2021
Added additional Michigan state awards from Thumbs Up:
Thumbs Up! Award Teen Choice
Thumbs Up! Award Top Ten Titles
12/13/2021
Added additional Michigan state awards from MLA (Michigan Library Association):
YouPer (Young Person) Award
YouPer Award Honor Books
YouPer Award Top Ten Titles
12/9/2021
Fixed Account page for Lite users
12/3/2021
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 33
Fixed issue when saving a modified Workflow
11/29/2021
Added additional Hawaii state awards from Ka Palapala Po-Okela:
Aloha From Across the Sea
Cookbooks
Design
Hawaiian Language, Culture and History
Illustration/Photograph
Literature
Non-Fiction
Samuel M. Kamakau Award
Special Interest
Text or Reference
11/19/2021
Renamed "Find and Replace" global edits to "Find and Update". Added
additional options
to Move or Copy the found text to another place in the MARC record instead of replacing it directly.
Fixed inflated Matching Points when doing an ISBN-only search
Material Type column now sorts properly and can be filtered using the menu
Fixed an issue where modifying a Global Edit gave a "Name Required" error under rare circumstances
10/28/2021
Added new Award Note "Sue Grafton Memorial Award" sponsored by Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam Sons
Added new Award Note "Mary Higgins Clark Award" sponsored by Simon & Schuster
10/25/2021
Fixed an issue with new Workflows not saving properly
10/21/2021
Added new Award Note "American Book Award" given by The Before Columbus Foundation
Added new Award Note "The Iona and Peter Opie Prize" for Children’s Folklore, American Folklore Society
9/23/2021
`Does Not Contain` conditions can now choose to apply to individual fields
Delete global edits can now apply a condition to a single subfield when deleting a single field (not subfield or range)
Added new `Does Not Match Regular Expression` condition type
Fixed an issue where Quick Editor didn't refresh when Full Editor was used
9/1/2021
Users can now import the profile settings from another user in their license from Account > Users
Account Managers can now copy profile settings from one user into another user (or a new user)
When 'Import into Alexandria' is checked, create files in a different encoding to help Alexandria load diacritical marks properly
8/13/2021
Alexandria customers can push records from Alexandria directly into BestMARC by running the new 'Mitinet BestMARC' Utility from within Alexandria
Alexandria customers can push records from BestMARC directly into Alexandria by checking the new 'Import into Alexandria' box from BestMARC's Export screen
Added support for
ReadnQuiz
in the Reading Program Updates enhancement
Added support for
ReadnQuiz
in the Labels & Cards enhancement
Added support for
ReadnQuiz
in record searching and creation
7/14/2021
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 32
New profile option to open either the Browse/Quick editor or Full editor when double-clicking a record. First time double-clicking a row gives you the choice and saves your preference to your Profile.
Cataloger now displays an error message if a record contains more than 1,000 fields
5/20/2021
Increased number of Custom Columns from 5 to 10
Added support for Custom Columns to include Leader or Control field data
Added sharing a deep copy of any Global Edit, Workflow, or Selection to another BestMARC username
Added Account Manager feature to delete all records for a user under a license they manage
Fixed Regular Expression validation of whitespace replacement strings
Fixed an issue with clearing column filters
4/29/2021
Added new
Batch Search
by ISBN. Click the new
...
button next to ISBN search.
New Filters menu for My Records with new filters that can be combined with existing filters and lists
Show only records with Errors
Show only records with Errors or Warnings
Show only records with Changes since they were created
Show only records with Changes since the last checkpoint
Fixed "Does not contain" condition so it works across all matching fields
3/23/2021
Prevent dragging data fields between control fields when reordering in editor
"Move Field Up" and "Move Field Down" commands updated to prevent incorrect ordering in editor
E-Book material types now always set 008[23] to `s` for both AACR2 & RDA records
3/18/2021
Fixed "Ends with" global edit condition which sometimes did not properly match
3/12/2021
Added option in Record Repair to sort MARC tags
1/21/2021
Global Edit add/modify/rename/copy now get selected automatically after save, selecting the `Private` note if necessary
Global Edits can now have duplicate names
1/7/2021
Fixed bug where My Records was not properly refreshing after cataloging a new record or when sorted on certain columns
2020
12/29/2020
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 31
Removed Beta from Record Browse and Quick Editor
My Records no longer does a full reload after editing a single record
Full support for alphabetic MARC field tags
New MARC Format Standard option to support either MARC21 or ANSI/NISO Z39.2 records
New File Layout option to support MARC files that are Unicode but do not have the Leader/09 set (such as Z39.2 records). Select your default in the Profile, which can be overridden at import.
Allow global edit capitalization actions for Control Fields
Updated Award Notes Enhancement to include:
APALA (Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature)
Adult Fiction
Adult Non-Fiction
ARAB American Book Award
Fiction
The Evelyn Sakir Non-Fiction Award
The George Ellenbogan Poetry Book Award
Children’s Africana Book Award
Honor Books
Christopher Award for Adults
Edgar Allen Poe
Best Novel
Best First Novel
Best Paperback Original
Best Fact Crime
Best Critical/Biographical
Best Paperback Original
Updated award winners for 2020
Updated Reading Program Updates Enhancement so Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts information is now only removed if there is no test information ($z) and a matching score is not found.
New Tools (Global Editing) interface
See item details at a glance as columns
Sort and re-order data columns
Multiple-item select (using Ctrl+click or Shift+click), allowing for deleting and sharing multiple items at a time (including a Workflow and its included global edits)
Remember last column sort and category selection between sessions
9/5/2020
Added new supported label forms to the
Labels & Cards
enhancement
7/22/2020
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 30
Fixed Global Edit for updating ISBD punctuation on a single Data Field
4/2/2020
New
Brief to Full
enhancement
Regular Expressions are now validated when saving a Global Edit and will give an error if invalid
Convert to RDA: when adding subfields to existing RDA fields, ensure they are in the proper MARC subfield order
2/11/2020
Improved character set encodings for Search More Server records
Fixed crash in profile Custom Columns if user enters a comma between subfields
New Full Circle Service page for those who need to manually send files
All book & eBook material types are now included in reading program calculations for diagnostic reports
1/7/2020
Updated Award Notes Enhancement to include adult awards from Agatha Awards, National Book Awards, PEN America Literary Awards, American Book Award, Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence, National Book Critics Circle Awards, Women's Prize for Fiction, RITA Awards, Mathical Book Prize, and National Outdoor Book Awards in addition to our extensive list of existing award sources
2019
12/14/2019
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 29
Display renewal reminder when license is within 30 days of expiration
10/6/2019
Changed RDA Media (337) and RDA Carrier (338) definitions for
Sound Recording - Non-musical - Online
material type
9/12/2019
New feature to
Send Records
in My Records to another BestMARC user
New Beta feature:
Browse & Quick Editor
to view records, print, and quickly edit subfields
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 28 Addendum Changes (July 2019)
Records > Refresh has been renamed Reload
Fixed Title to exclude non-filing characters when sorting
Fixed issue where Grid sometimes selected different item after a record was edited
Fixed Selections that specified a range of data fields not working correctly
Fixed numeric conditions not working properly when there was a prefix before the number
Fixed timeout error when deleting users
7/2/2019
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 28
New global edit action to set today's date in a number of different formats
New global edit condition to match against a
Regular Expression
Find and Replace now supports
Regular Expressions
New "Move to list" function
Delete confirmation now offers option to Remove From List to help avoid accidental deletion when a list is selected
Update and Restore Checkpoints now asks for confirmation
My Records now has a Checkpoints menu for easier access
Call Number column has improved Dewey number sorting
Fixed date formatting in My Records
Fixed bug where a quick left-click then right-click was treated as a double-click
Improved UI for restricting Reading Program Enhancement sites in profile
5/2/2019
Import file now supports the *.marc file extension
4/30/2019
New Condition for checking if a record's given Leader position is a certain value
New option for Update Record global edits to update a Leader position to a given value
Fix leader field not highlighting differences in preview
Improved performance loading My Records
3/29/2019
Added "Refresh" button to upper-right of My Records grid. This refreshes the My Records grid in case there were issues loading.
Fix intermittent problems downloading files
3/19/2019
New Record Repair option to Fix invalid characters (carriage returns, tabs)
3/7/2019
Added "All Rows" option to My Records for printing and exporting to Excel. This only appears if the grid has loaded all rows
Rows selected using Shift-click now automatically load when needed
Status bar at bottom of My Records now shows Selections status, navigation links, and ability to clear all selections
Fixed error when running jobs with large numbers of selected records
Improved validation of Custom Columns tag field
Added conditions to select 'Book - Other' or 'E-book - Other' material types
Added conditions to search fields that 'Starts with' or 'Ends with' a value
2/5/2019
Fixed bug where removing more than 1 selected record from a list did not work
2/4/2019
My Records now uses "endless scrolling" instead of paging: records are loaded as they are needed when you scroll through the list. Features that used a page at a time now use a sample from the viewing area
My Records column filters now have an option to filter using Contains, Equals, Starts With, or Ends With (previously always used Contains)
My Records status bar now shows when records are filtered and has a Clear link to remove all filters
Added
Next Barcode Number
button and barcode profile options to easily add new sequential barcode numbers
Academic versions have been upgraded to include newer features such as Lists, Selections, Checkpoints, Global Edits, and Workflows
2018
12/5/2018
BestMARC now uses secure https connections
Custom Columns can now include a range of MARC fields
Custom Columns new style for subfield identifiers
Cataloger window now displays the title of the MARC (245 $a)
Edit Template window now displays the name of the template
11/21/2018
Fixed My Records so it only loads once on initial load
Automatically move field to appropriate place in MARC when its tag is changed
Automatically move subfield to appropriate place in data field when its identifier is changed
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 27
10/31/2018
Sears headings are now updated to 22nd edition
Added Sears Genre terms to Subject Explorer
Added option to
Allow mixed cataloging standards
to change tips, examples, and error checking to use the record's 040 $e to determine the Cataloging Standard
Tips and Examples now display either AACR2 or RDA help based on the cataloging standard (using the mixed option if selected)
Added call number to card printouts
Added feature to show up to 5 custom columns in My Records by setting them in the Profile. Records must be refreshed to see any changes made (see next item).
My Records menu item
Record > Refresh
now reloads all columns in My Records, useful if you change profile options
Updated MARC code list for Relators
Fixed Global Edit previews to display properly when changing a field's tag
Fixed status column issue where error icon was displayed for some records even if there was not an error
Account Managers can now Reset Password for multiple users by selecting more than one
10/2/2018
Fixed an issue where editing Global Edit actions or conditions would open behind the Global Edit configuration window
Fixed logging of Global Edit Preview events
9/12/2018
Fixed some images not showing properly in Internet Explorer
Fixed performance issue in Tools pane when browser width is small
When adding records to list manually, do not auto-select new lists
Added confirmation message after manually adding records to a list
9/4/2018
New look for all pages
Organize records into
Lists
, and create
Selections
that add or remove items from Lists. (Global subscriptions)
Updated
Subject Explorer
subject data
Header logo clicks now go to BestMARC home
Global Editing pane renamed
Tools
(previously called Edit)
Fixed Global Edit Condition when selecting a Copy/Holding subfield with multiple holdings
Fixed Global Edit Condition when counting a range of fields
View/Print pane closes when cataloger closes
Global Edit field/subfield selection box changes. Double-click a field or subfield to auto-select it, or type a value and hit enter to auto-select it
Added
Include identification labels
option to various label types
Labels now print page number and location in the margin instead of using first label on page
6/27/2018
New look for supporting pages (login, change password, user guide, etc.)
New
Labels & Cards
enhancement
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 26
LC help button now works for the leader field
Cataloger Tip window now displays the current position of the cursor for Leader and Control Fields
Fixed General Material Designator (245$h) to work with both AACR2 and RDA modes
Added Print button to Global Edit / Workflow reports
Added Template events to Activity Log
Added support for importing MARC files with .dat extension
My Records column menus are now always diplayed instead of only on hover
Added Templates for Academic version
Unread notifications now update when logging into a different browser or computer
Fix
Add multiple copies
to work properly without a barcode
5/2/2018
Sharing features added to
MARC Templates
BestMARC documentation added
here
4/18/2018
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 25
Reading Program Updates
enhancement now generates an Excel file with all change details. The file shows up automatically in
Downloads
3/29/2018
Fixed bug preventing Account page from loading
Forgot Username and Forgot Password use updated reCaptcha bot checking
3/23/2018
Create and manage custom MARC Templates. Under
Options
, choose
Manage Templates...
or click the
Catalog
button on the
Create
pane
Notifications button shows latest activity and announcements
Fixed tag cloud bug when searching pages in Internet Explorer
Moved the expand/collapse My Records button to the right of the My Records tab
Fixed Record Repair options that appeared checked when they were turned off
2/21/2018
Improved Print and Export to Excel features for My Records, Contacts, and Users
2/20/2018
New export option:
Output all records
or
Output only records with changes
.
New option after export:
Delete from My Records
,
Remove records with changes from My Records
, or
Keep in My Records
Export now converts all records based on the MARC Encoding option set in profile (MARC-8 vs UCS/Unicode). Previously this option only applied to records added through BestMARC's Create pane.
New menu item
Records > Compare
or right-click a record to Compare selected record(s) with the latest checkpoint
Comparisons now highlight changes at the character level
New menu item
Records > Refresh
to refresh My Records from the server
Ctrl+A keyboard shortcut in My Records to select current page of records
2017
11/21/2017
Added "Send File to Mitinet" item to the My Records File menu
9/29/2017
Added Print and Export to Excel functions to the My Records File menu
9/21/2017
New Record Repair Enhancement and associated profile options
When comparing records, scrollbars now scroll together when scrolling original record
Leader and Control Fields now use monospace font for easier editing
Download filters now show downloads for all child organizations as well as selected one
Global Edit sharing now includes sharing for parent organizations (ie. district-level sharing)
Organization share list is now sorted alphabetically
Improved report handling with records with lots of changes
8/21/2017
New
Edit
pane and subscription types (BestMARC Plus and BestMARC Global)
Checkpoints
Enhancements
Global Editing
Workflows
Download Center redesigned and moved to
Downloads
tab next to My Records
Allow Import directly from Downloads tab
Import file size limit removed (now just subject to storage limits on your license). Plus and Global subscriptions can now set
Import Options
to run a Workflow or Global Edit upon import.
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 24
Improved cataloger field and subfield menus.
Added new Change Field command.
Change Field and Change Subfield dialogs now allow you to pick fields/subfields by name or typing one in.
Relationship ($4) is now automatically added when Relator term ($e) is selected from a list. Previously, the code was only filled out if the $4 subfield was already in the record.
Field menu for subject fields now contains quick "Convert to..." options for changing the subject to Sears, Library of Congress, or Library of Congress Children's headings
Split material type "Continuing Resources" into "Continuing Rescoures - Print" and "Continuing Resources - Electronic"
Improved Record Printouts
Redesigned Account page
2016
11/3/2016
Copy/Holdings with errors no longer require that the errors be fixed in order to save. They are still marked with an Error icon in the My Records list.
10/20/2016
Subfields with long text (ie. Summaries, Table of contents) are now resized properly when the Holdings or View Record pane is opened, closed, or resized
7/22/2016
Top tab heights are now remembered and customizable for each user
Fixed bug causing some publishers or dates to not be displayed in search results
7/12/2016
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 22
Improved interface to maximize work space. The top tools pane can now be resized or closed, and the records pane expands to use all available space.
New menu above My records grid
Added links to import, export, and navigate to different panes
Added new option to Delete all items in the records grid without exporting them. Choose Records -> Delete -> All
Added links to Profile settings and moved Columns configuration to Options menu
Added links to documentation, support, and starting the Search tutorial under the Support menu
My records Title column now uses non-filing indicator when sorting
5/13/2016
Double click between columns to automatically resize based on that column's current page of data
Fixed licensing site dropdown sometimes not allowing site selection
9xx fields at the top of the record are now ignored when determining where to insert new data fields (to support LC records)
4/14/2016
526's for Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts now get added for each copy/holding location for Destiny systems
Account Details, Statistics, and Licensing
documentation
3/15/2016
Fixed right-click menu and Actions button in Firefox, no longer scrolls window to top
Fixed importing records with carriage returns and line feeds
Added new Account page
View subscription information
View usage statistics by site or user
View usage activity log
View record storage space used per user
New Account Manager functionality to add, edit, or delete user licensing within your organization
2015
12/30/2015
Special characters menu can now be customized to add desired characters
Automatic ISBD Punctuation improvements when adding new subfields to existing fields
12/4/2015
Updated tips and examples
11/12/2015
Fixed display issue where some holdings subfields could show up as non-MARC subfields
11/6/2015
Copy/Holdings new features
Automatically add Call Number into new holdings using the MARC's Call Number field (082$a)
Added
Add Multiple Copies...
menu item
Adds multiple copies at once
Set a starting barcode number to automatically add a range of barcodes to new copies
Added
Go to Copy...
menu item
Moved Enumerations and Descriptions to bottom of screen for Destiny
Funding Source works correctly after updating records in Follett Catalog Plus
New Documentation in
BestMARC Support Center
Creating Records
Importing into BestMARC
Working with My Records
Exporting from BestMARC
Defaults and Record Templates
10/30/2015
Error status icon now displays correctly for automation systems using 4-part Call Numbers
10/29/2015
Allow *.txt file uploads
10/28/2015
Added multi-file upload capibility
10/26/2015
Increased upload limit to 1 MB files and 500 total records in My Records grid.
Improved first time loading of My Records grid
10/21/2015
Search and Catalog tabs now combined into
Create
tab.
Search for a record and if not found, create it with fields filled in automatically.
Redesigned
My records
tab
Display records in a grid format
Customized column order, resize, sort, hide/show
Show 1 row per holding when sorting by Call Number or Barcode, show 1 row per ISBN when sorting by ISBN, otherwise show 1 row per record
Status column shows errors or warnings at a glance
Filter on text in a given column
Preferences stored between sessions
Updated to
MARC Bibiliographic Update 21
9/11/2015
Added new
Sound Recording - Musical Record
and
Sound Recording - Non-musical Record
material types.
Enhanced display for larger monitors
Support vendor records with 4-part call numbers when LAS uses 1-part call numbers
Automatically handle 344 in RDA conversions
8/14/2015
Subject Browser now supports 600, 610, 611, and 630 subject fields
New import file uploader - fixes upload problems with Firefox 39.0+
Athena added to Library Automation Systems list for holdings
Barcodes no longer required for users who prefer to have their LAS add them. A warning is generated instead of an error.
For Atriuum and Concourse users, convert various unsupported MARC-8 characters to lower supported equivalents
8/3/2015
Updated support center
Added link to Library Automation System import instructions in Download Center.
Changed ISBD punctuation for some subfields preceeding $v to preceed ; with a space.
7/13/2015
Updated number of default 650s in cataloger to 5 (up from 2)
Added customizable default fields and subfields for each material type. Set what you want in the MARC editor and choose
Default fields/subfields > Save from this record
from the Material type menu.
5/19/2015
Moved RDA Toolkit and LOC documentation buttons to Tips header
Moved Rules help to Tips footer when it exists
Added Errors and Warnings pane that performs automatic MARC error checking as you catalog. Checking is based on MARC rules, the type of material you are cataloging, and your profile settings.
Fixed IE bug in Tutorial
When pasting data from other websites or resources, data is cleaned for MARC use
Catalog new record UI changed to categorized menu
4/22/2015
Updated Destiny copy/holdings terminology and sequence
Fixed Destiny copy/holdings export issue with $x subfield
4/9/2015
Added
Profile
screen used to store new and future library and cataloging options. The following options are now available:
Library Automation System
enables copy/holdings editing based on your LAS
Default Holdings
options to set defaults when adding new copy/holdings
Standard/Advanced MARC editing
moved from Preferences screen into Profile
Automatic/Manual ISBD Punctuation
controls whether the MARC editor will automatically update the ISBD Punctuation on Save
Cataloging Standard
controls whether new records and records found from searching will be AACR2 or RDA
MARC Encoding
controls whether to export as MARC-8 or UCS/Unicode
Reading Program
settings which automatically add selected reading program data to MARCs found during searches
Search/Catalog displays a message directing users without a Profile to fill it out
Added Holdings editing pane in MARC editor
Updated default RDA fields for various material types
3/6/2015
LC Genre/Form Terms in Subject Explorer now added as
655 #7 $a [Term] $2 lcgft
2/26/2015
Added RDA batch conversions
2/12/2015
Added code list for filling out 040 $e
2/10/2015
Added
Change Subfield
function to directly change a subfield's identifier
Subject Explorer
now retains selected subjects between searches without the need to add and reopen each time
Updated
Saved records
user interface
Added
Duplicate
record function
Added record selection checkbox
Finish tab allows export of just selected records
1/21/2015
Updated subjects in
Subject Explorer
Sears 21
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Children's
Library of Congress Genre forms
Increased number of subjects nearly 50%
2014
12/3/2014
Publishers and dates in 264 now display properly in
Saved records
list
Updated to latest MARC Bibiliographic Update 19
Advanced MARC editor, for Leader and Control field editing
Improved all existing material type templates and added more than 30 new types including Playaways, catographic materials, and Blu-ray discs
10/28/2014
Clicking 'Cancel' now only confirms if changes to the record are detected
9/25/2014
Improved memory management
Nonfiling-indicator for 130, 222, 240, 242, 243, 245, 440, 630, 730, 740, and 830 are now updated automatically when title is changed
Title added entry indicator (245 Indicator 1) is automatically set based on presence of 1xx fields
245 indicators can now be edited through the indicators dialog
9/10/2014
Added Autocomplete for typing in fields associated with Code Lists (ie. 100 $e)
Added
Duplicate Subfield
menu item for Repeatable subfields
8/12/2014
Added ability to Import records into the Saved Records list
7/9/2014
Added button to link to Library of Congress help website for the selected field
6/27/2014
Added
Convert abbreviations
feature to RDA dialog to automatically update abbreviations to RDA-compliant ones
6/24/2014
Added support for the full MARC-8 character set in the editor and in the downloaded MARC file
4/8/2014
Improved client-side cataloger performance
Added ability to delete completed files from the Download Center
2/18/2014
New
Tools --> View / Print…
menu item to let user view the MARC with updated punctuation or print it
Subject Explorer’s genre browse now offers the option to view LC genres
Various RDA rules, examples, tips updates
Subfields with changes from the original are now highlighted to indicate that there are changes in that subfield