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Many libraries like to use MarcEdit for modifications or data cleanup. If you'd like to do this you will need to download it at: http://marcedit.reeset.net/
Important
Many of the actions described in this chapter can be done in Koha using Marc Modification Templates, but this section is here for those who are used to MarcEdit.
When bringing data into Koha, you may want to first clean it up. One common action among Koha users is to add a prefix to the call number.
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Open MarcEdit
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Click 'MarcEditor'
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Go to Tools > Edit Subfield Data
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To prepend data the special character is: ^b To simply prepend data to the beginning of a subfield, add ^b to the Field Data: textbox and the data to be appended in the Replace
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To prepend data to the beginning of the subfield while replacing a text string, add ^b[string to replace] to the Field Data textbox and the data to be appended in the Replace With textbox.
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