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Created by: John Hostage
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A search for records for John Carpenter yields a set of 31 hits.
Double clicking on the set expands the list.
The number in the second column tells the number of ISNI sources on the record (i.e., the number of 035 fields). Select possible matches based on birth dates in 4th column and titles in 5th column.
Right-click in the screen, select Copy to New Window.
Click on the Back arrow or press Ctrl+B to go back to list.
Select other possible matches from list and copy them to new windows. We found 3 records that look like they represent the filmmaker.
Right-click in screen and select Tile Windows Vertically.
The first two records have assigned ISNI numbers (see 003 $a). The third record (PPN 374500029) is provisional and originated from a Swedish record in VIAF that gives a birthdate of 1962 (700 $d and 970 $a), but IMDb confirms that the filmmaker born in 1948 was a writer and producer for the 2005 remake of his 1980 film The Fog. Notice that this record already has a 77A field. Subfield $bP indicates that it's a possible match with the record indicated by the PPN in subfield $9. Clicking on the number brings up the record shown below. It doesn't seem to be the same as the filmmaker.
First change the 77A field on PPN 374500029 to indicate it's not a match. Click on the Update button at the bottom of the record.
This puts the record in edit mode.
Change 77A $bP to $bN for "not equal" and then click on the Enter button.
Next choose one of the 3 matching records to update; it doesn't matter which one. Click on Update to enter editing mode and add field 77A. It doesn't matter where in the record it is. Enter a field for each of the other records to be merged. Subfield $a always contains "ISNI#PERSON" for personal names or "ISNI#ORG" for corporate names. Subfield $bM means "merge." Subfield $9 contains the PPN of the record to be merged.
Click Enter. The system adds fields 006 and 00B to the record.
Twice a day the system runs a process to merge records based on field 77A.
