workflow

KARMS Workflow for processing ACO MARCXML records:

• Retrieve individual MARCXML files from "work" folder on github and copy to folder named [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_marc_files/ (e.g., COO_20131122/COO_20131122_marc_files/)
• Convert individual MARCXML files to individual .mrc files using MarcEdit (copied to folder [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_marc_files/processed_files)
• Join individual .mrc files into a single .mrc file using MarcEdit - save to folder/filename = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_all.mrc
• Convert single .mrc file to eye-readable .mrk file using MarcEdit
• Separate single .mrk file into 2 separate files - one containing records with OCLC numbers, the other containing records without OCLC numbers
• Extract OCLC numbers from first .mrk file using MarcEdit and save to a .txt file with filename =[003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_all_OCLCnums.txt
• Batch export all of the matching OCLC records from OCLC Connexion, saving to filename = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_all.mrc
• Batch export only the linked matching OCLC records from OCLC Connexion, saving to filename = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_linked1.mrc
• Dedup the "all" versus "linked1" records to get a list of "unlinked" records using Python script, generating filenames = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_unlinked.mrc and [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLCnums_unlinked.txt
• Look up each of the OCLC numbers in the unlinked.txt file and link/fix them in OCLC Connexion
• Re-export the fixed set of "unlinked" OCLC records from OCLC Connexion, saving to filename = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_linked2.mrc
• Combine the linked1 and linked2 sets of records using MarcEdit Join function, saving to filename = [003]_[batchDate]/[003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_linked_all.mrc
• Compare the quality of the original records from the partner (filename: [003]_[batchDate]_all.mrc) to the matched OCLC records (filename: [003]_[batchDate]_OCLC_linked_all.mrc)

Sample File Structure: