AGEDIT MARC EDITOR

Chapter 3. USING THE MARC EDITOR

   

 

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Editing the Record Leader

You can edit the record leader to modify:

• Type of record (position 6)
• Bibliographic level (position 7)
• Character coding scheme (position 9)
• Encoding level (position 17)
• Descriptive cataloging form (position 18)

To edit the record leader:

1. Click anywhere within the record leader.
   • The Edit Leader dialog displays. The dialog contains five drop-down list boxes that show the current values for position 6 - Type of record, position 7 - Bibliographic level, position 9 – Character coding scheme, position 17 - Encoding level and position 18 - Descriptive cataloging form.

2. Click the Expand List icon , then select the appropriate value for each leader position from the available options.
3. When all desired changes have been made to the record leader, click the Done button to save your changes. (Click the Cancel button to cancel your changes to the record leader and return to the currently active record.)
   • The screen refreshes to display your changes.

 

 

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