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►We may or may not purchase Springer access each year. Before loading records for next year check with Aaron or
Helen.
Update: We’ve renewed Springer for 2015 through 2019.
Info about MARC records generally: http://www.springer.com/gp/librarians/marc
Springer Ebook Marc Records Implementation Guide:
http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1395406/application/pdf/SpringerMARCRecordImplementationGuide.pdf
Sign up for Catalog Update Newsletter: http://www.springer.com/gp/librarians/marc/catalog-update-newsletter/7694
Retrieve MARC records: http://www.springer.com/gp/librarians/marc/marc-records-tool
NEW RECORDS
Check for new files on a monthly basis, maybe two weeks into the next month. There won’t be records for every month.
Go to http://www.springer.com/gp/librarians/marc/marc-records-tool
Choose English/International and all the Copyright years except for Book Archive. Under Download options make sure
it says MARC21 (i.e. UTF-8) and Grouping None (puts all records into one .mrc file). For Record date, choose the
desired starting month. The month represents records available for that entire month, so you would download December
records in January.
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Once you enter a starting from date it shows the number of matching records. Take note of this number to check against
what you actually download. If there are no new/updated records the “Download” button will be grayed out and it will say
there are no matching records. Click Download.
Click to unzip the .mrc file. By default the .mrc file has the download date + a unique file number. Rename it with the year
and the month(s) the file covers, e.g. Springer_MARC_2012-12.mrc and save to the folder.
Records are UTF-8.
Delete all 003’s. Add field:
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003
SpringerEB
001’s are the e-ISBN. Use Find and Replace to change them to be more distinctive by adding “spr” at the beginning:
Find:
Replace:
=001 978
=001 spr978
Records have 050’s but many are not LC call numbers. Leave the 050’s there. Because there are no 090’s the records
will load without call numbers.
3XX. As of 9/3/13 records have some RDA fields that are fine as is:
336
337
338
347
\\$atext$btxt$2rdacontent
\\$acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
\\$aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
\\$atext file$bPDF$2rda
6XX. Springer records have a lot of non-LC 650’s. To get rid of any and all non-LC 6XX’s:
Go to Tools--Add/Delete Field and enter data as follows:
Field:
6xx
Field data:
^=6.{5}[^0]
Check Use Regular Expression
Click Delete Field
Add 830 _0 Springer eBooks.
For example:
=LDR 01073nmm a22003135u 4500
=001 spr978-3-540-74275-3
=003 SpringerEB
=005 20100327101521.0
=007 cr\nn\008mamaa
=008 100301s2009\\\\xx\\\\\\\\\j\\\\\\\\eng\d
=020 \\$a9783540742760
=100 1\$aKokhanovsky, Alexander A.
=245 10$aLight Scattering Reviews 4$h[electronic resource] :$bSingle Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer /$cedited by
Alexander A. Kokhanovsky.
=260 \\$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,$c2009.
=300 \\$bv.: digital
=490 1\$aSpringer Praxis Books
=650 \0$aGeography
=650 \0$aMeteorology
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=650
=650
=710
=773
=830
=830
=856
=912
=950
\0$aRemote sensing
\0$aWeights and measures
2\$aSpringerLink (Online service)
0\$tSpringer eBooks
\0$aSpringer eBooks.
\0$aSpringer Praxis Books
40$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74276-0
\\$aZDB-2-EES
\\$aEarth and Environmental Science (Springer-11646)
902. Add E-resource terms of access note: =902 \\$aPurchase - Springer
Bulk Import Rule = EB0350
Operator ID = SPRINGER
DELETED RECORDS
Springer also refers to deleted records as “retractions.” To date there have been no deleted records. It does not seem
worth checking the retractions files. If you want to, under Download options choose “Deleted MARC records” and set
options as for new records.
ABOUT RECORDS FROM OCLC
Springer offers OCLC records at no additional charge. It works like EBSCO. We’ve not pursued this as Springer has
continuously improved its records, and involving ourselves with OCLC has its complications. But it’s an option for the
future.