On Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:57 PM, Christopher Morgan wrote: >Does every MARC record contain a field/subfield that identifies the library >the record came from? Field 040 seems only to identify the organization that >originally created the record, which may be different from the library whose >server I downloaded the record from. If there is no such field for every >record, I'll have to tag the records as they come in, but I suspect this will >slow down the downloading process.<
Aside from the 040 and 003 (which may or may not be present in records, depending on the system, and which is supposed to tell whose 001 is present in the record, so it may not necessarily be the library, but may be OCoLC for an OCLC number-based control number), I don't think there is a field in all MARC records that would provide you with the information you need. I hope this helps, Bryan Baldus Cataloger Quality Books Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.inwave.com/eija
