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Merging in the WinIBW client
Merging records when one already has 77A
A search for records for John Carpenter yields a set of 31 hits.
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Twice a day the system runs a process to merge records based on field 77A.
Merging records when none has 77A
- Retrieve the record that has a duplicate.
- Right click in the record.
- Select Copy to New Window.
- Retrieve the other record that is a duplicate. This can be done by clicking the blue back arrow on the toolbar (or Ctrl+B) to return to the search history or by doing a new search.
- When the other record is found, right click in the record.
- Select Tile Windows Vertically.
- Click the Update button under one of the records to enter edit mode. It doesn't matter which one.
- Add field 77A to the record
- Person: 77A $aISNI#PERSON$bM$9[PPN of other record]
- Organization: 77A $aISNI#ORG$bM$9[PPN of other record]
- Copy the PPN from field 000 of the other record.
- Click Enter to save the record.”
77A field:
006 field:
The 006 field is used to flag changes by the ISNI Quality Team
Notes
- It doesn't matter which record gets the 77A field. The system will merge the records according to criteria outlined in the WinIBW manual. The cataloger cannot determine which record is retained.
- For more details, see section 4.1 of the WinIBW manual.
- Don't change the status of any of the records before merging.
- Merges are processed twice a day by the system.
- It is possible to have more than one 77A in a record to merge multiple records.When a merge is initiated in the client, the system adds field 006 with the logon ID of the individual in subfield $bAdd linking fields, such as related person or organization, only after the merge has completed. Otherwise, the links (which rely on the PPN) may be broken
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