A customization filter can be created for your Ebook Central
Full MARC records. The customizations will be
not applied to
Express MARC records.
Customizations can include adding or changing static information in specific fields, or moving one subfield to another. Customizations apply to all Full MARC records retrieved for your Ebook Central site – they cannot be restricted to certain collections.
To request a customization filter, please contact the Technical Support Team by submitting your query on this
form.
There is no charge for MARC record customizations that involve changes such as the ones described here.
Common customizations we CAN provide:
- Adding your proxy prefix to the URL in the 856 field
- Changing the 856 u subfield to your desired wording
- Adding static information (i.e., a specific text string) to a field;
- note this cannot be a conditional such as if this then that
Uncommon customizations we CAN provide:
- 020 field, all ISBN numbers can be moved to the “a” subfield
- MARC records that ProQuest obtained prior to October 2013 have all ISBNs (e.g., eISBN, pISBN, and others) in the 020 “z” subfield
- MARC records that ProQuest obtained after October 2013 have the eISBN in the 020 “a” subfield, all other ISBNs (e.g., pISBN) in the 020 “z” subfield
- Ebook Central MARC records often include two or three different ISBN numbers: print, paberback, ebook, etc. We include all ISBNs provided by our MARC record vendors; we cannot limit to or remove only certain types of ISBN (for example, only eISBNs and pISBNs) or differentiate beyond the raw ISBN information provided
- We can, however, move all the ISBN numbers to the “a” subfield of 020, but if you’re not careful it can lead to problems of overwriting your print records
- 050 fields, LC subject codes, can be deleted
- These should not be deleted unless you want to remove them completely
Notes re specific customization considerations:
- Innovative and ExLibris Voyager can draw on text added to 049 field
- Innovative can draw on text added to 949 field to set holdings within the catalog
Customization we CANNOT provide:
- We cannot make changes that are not static (that is, we cannot make ‘if this then that’ changes)
- Customizations cannot be restricted to certain collections
- The 001 field cannot be removed
- The 035 field cannot be edited or removed
- The 650 fields, Medical Subject (MeSH) Headings, are removed during pre-processing and cannot be retained
- We cannot move metadata from one MARC field to another
- We cannot customize the LDR field
To request a customization filter, please contact the Technical Support Team by submitting your query on this
form.
