I'm a newbie trying to wrap my computer science mind around MARC, and at the
same time write a program to translate a database of reproductive health
behavior change communication materials (i.e., posters to encourage condom use)
into MARC records. My ultimate goal is to import them into Koha to manage the
collection.
I have fields like these in my existing database:
PROD - Producer's name
ADP - Producer's address
CTYP - Producer's city
etc.
Any or all of these could be missing.
I'd like to create a 270 record (I think) from this information. I'd like to do
something similar to this pseudo-code:
my $mprod = MARC::Record->new('270', ' ', ' ',); #Base record
$mprod = MARC::Record->update($mprod, a=>$ADP) if $ADP;
$mprod = MARC::Record->update($mprod, b=>$CTYP) if $CTYP;
$mprod = MARC::Record->update($mprod, c=>$CTYP) if $CTYP;
....
Can anyone help me out with a way of doing this efficiently? Thanks for your
advice and suggestions.
-Kevin Zembower
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E. Kevin Zembower
Internet Systems Group manager
Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Center for Communications Programs
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-6139
