[Wactclc-alma] Help with normalization rule

[Heather Jean Uhl]

Hi, Hannah.

It turns out the trouble was truncating the 6XX fields.  The rule works
when I used an exact list of all possible fields (650, 651, 655, etc.)
rather than trying to truncate to cover all of them (6**).  Interesting,
yes?  A big thank you to Patt from Arizona State for chiming in with their
rule.

Thanks very much for your thoughts and for extending the conversation to
the quirks between subfields that work and don't work with rules.  I'm not
sure what to make of those inconsistencies.  I'm very, very new to
Normalization Rules, so I look forward to learning more from you and our
community.

Heather Jean Uhl, Faculty Librarian (pronouns: she / her)
Acquisitions & Cataloging Department Supervisor
Everett Community College - Library Media Center
huhl at everettcc.edu | (425)388-9139

Library Liaison for English, Journalism, Communications, Theater
Japanese Culture Club Adviser


On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 9:00 AM Hannah Micona <HMicona at greenriver.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Heather,
>
> I strip these out on import, so I can't test your exact rule myself, but
> from just looking at it, do your subfield 2s say "fast" or do they say
> "(fast)"? The couple of records with FAST headings I looked at in OCLC
> don't have parentheses, and having them in the rule will cause it not to
> match.
>
>
> If nobody minds me adding to the pile...While trying to test simply the
> syntax (I think that's the term?) of Heather's rule, on other subfields,
> I ran into the following: For Clinton's book Living History, which has a
> 650 of "$$a Women legislators $$z United States $$v Biography", the
> following rule, using "when TRUE", works fine:
>
> removeField "650" if (exists "650.z.United States")
>
> but if I simply change the z to a v and the United States to Biography,
> like so:
>
> removeField "650" if (exists "650.v.Biography")
>
> it won't remove it. Has anyone else run into something like this, or know
> why it might have broken?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Hannah Micona
>
> Cataloger, Holman Library
>
> Green River College
>
> (253) 833-9111 ex. 2098
>
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> Heather Jean Uhl <huhl at everettcc.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2019 4:23:56 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Wactclc-alma] Help with normalization rule
>
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> Hi, Normalization Rule Friends.
>
> I'm struggling with a similar bit of trouble.  I want to create a
> normalization rule that will delete any 6XX field that is a FAST heading.
> These fields will always have subfield 2 with the value "fast."  I can get
> the rule to work for any 6XX field that has a second indicator 7, but I
> don't want to lose local fields and second indicator 7 subject fields that
> include valid lcgft headings.
>
> Below is my rule.  What am I missing?  Thank you so much for your eyes and
> expertise.... >_<*
>
> rule "delete FAST 6XX fields"
> when
> exists "6**.2.(FAST*)"
>   (TRUE)
> then
>   removeField "6**" if (exists "6**.2.(FAST*)")
> end
>
> Heather Jean Uhl, Faculty Librarian (she / her pronouns)
> Acquisitions & Cataloging Department Supervisor
> Everett Community College - Library Media Center
> huhl at everettcc.edu | (425)388-9139
>
> Library Liaison for English, Journalism, Communications, Theater
> Japanese Culture Club Adviser
> Japanese Anime & Manga Arts Festival Chair
> Instructor ART228D The World of Anime & Manga
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 8:39 AM Elena Bianco <Elena.Bianco at skagit.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Hannah:
>
>
> Amazing! It worked when I used the asterisk in both. Thank you!!
>
>
> Elena
>
>
> Elena Bianco
>
> Systems & Technical Services Librarian
>
> Skagit Valley College Library
>
> 2405 E. College Way
>
> Mount Vernon, WA 98273
>
> (360) 416-7624
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of
> Hannah Micona <HMicona at greenriver.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 23, 2019 7:53 AM
> *To:* WACTCLC Alma Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [Wactclc-alma] Help with normalization rule
>
>
> Elena,
>
>
> If your 035 looks like I think it does, you're asking it to remove the 035
> only if the field text is exactly "(WaMtvS)" when what you want is for it
> to remove the 035 if the field text STARTS with "(WaMtvS)". Try putting
> an asterisk after both instances of (WaMtvS) in your code. (Actually I
> think you don't need the first one, I think that can just be 'when TRUE,'
> but I don't think it matters one way or the other.)
>
>
> Hannah Micona
>
> Cataloger, Holman Library
>
> Green River College
>
> (253) 833-9111 ex. 2098
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> on behalf of
> Elena Bianco <Elena.Bianco at skagit.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 22, 2019 5:14:49 PM
> *To:* WACTCLC Alma Discussion
> *Subject:* [Wactclc-alma] Help with normalization rule
>
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> So, I am trying to eliminate our old Millennium bib numbers that got moved
> to the 035 field during migration. I came up with this normalization rule:
>
>
>
> rule "replace -element- with  -text-"
>
> #where -element- is:
>
> #035.a.(WaMtvS)
>
>     when
>
>         TRUE
>
>     then
>
>         removeField "035"
>
> end
>
>
>
> It works, but the problem is, it deletes all the 035’s, including the one
> that has the OCLC number that I want to retain.
>
>
>
> Then I tried this:
>
> rule "035 (WaMtvS)"
>
> when
>
> exists "035.a.(WaMtvS)"
>
> then
>
> removeField "035" if (exists "035.a.(WaMtvS)")
>
> end
>
>
>
> That did nothing.
>
>
>
> How can I tell it to ONLY remove the 035 that has this element? Help!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Elena
>
>
>
> Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
>
> Skagit Valley College
>
> 2405 E. College Way
>
> Mount Vernon, WA 98273
>
> (360)416-7624
>
>
>
>
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