Enhancing MARC Records

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Enhancing MARC Records
Step-by-step instructions for adding a 586 tag to
an existing MARC record.
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Step 1

• Step 1 Open the UnicornECOLE by SIRSI. Its the
  WorkFlows icon on the desktop.

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Step 2

• Step 2 Enter your User ID and PIN.

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Step 3
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• Step 3 Left click on the Cataloging button (8th
  from the left).

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Step 4
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• Step 4 Left click on the Maintain Titles button
  (3rd from left in bottom row).

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Step 5
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• Step 5 Type in the title of the book and click
  OK 1.
• (Remember the book must already be cataloged into
  your collection.)

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What youll see.

• This is the MARC record for the item that you
  want to enhance.
• Everything you save will become part of the
  permanent record.
• Be confident and careful. Double check your work
  as you proceed through the steps.

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Step 6
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• Step 6 The 040 tag Cataloging Source
• This is the tag that tells who created, modified
  and/or enhanced a tag.
• Add your LC/NUC code. For example, the RCLCs
  code is dOKeU-LI. (The is the key above
  enter while shifting. Be sure to check
  capitalization and numbers vs. letters.)

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Step 7
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• Step 7 Put your cursor in the box with the
  number that comes just before 586.
• (This will, of course, vary. Place the cursor in
  what tag comes numerically just before 586.)

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Step 8
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• Step 8 Click the 2nd button in the upper
  right-hand corner. Its the one with the little
  green down arrow.

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Step 9
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• Step 9 An empty tag will be inserted. Type
  586 into the first empty box.

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Step 10
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• Step 10 In the 3rd box, enter the title of the
  award, followed by the year the award was
  received (i.e. Caldecott Medal, 1979 Buckeye
  Childrens Book Award, 2001 Outstanding Science
  Trade Book, 2005).

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Step 11
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• Step 11 For items that have received multiple
  awards, repeat steps 7-10 for each award.

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• Created by Judy Crist Lauren Gregory
• 2006
• Graduate Assistants
• Reinberger Childrens Library Center
• School of Library Information Science
• Institute of Library and Information Literacy
  Education
• Kent State University