Good morning, Angela…..

We have a list of tags that we don’t use and were wondering if you have approached Backstage and asked them about this yet?

Thanks,

Sandra Whitmire

Arkansas State University

From: bslwac-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:bslwac-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Laack, Angela
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:56 AM
To: bslwac@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: [BSLWAC] Deleting useless MARC fields

Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share a little bit about their workflow in deleting useless MARC fields from their records in the local catalog. We are exploring the idea of having Backstage strip some of the "clutter" fields from our records and are interested in what other libraries are doing. Are there reasons for keeping the 029 / 938 fields? The 015, 016 or the OCLC export field 994? What about subject headings that are from vocabs you don't use in your library?

Thank you in advance for responding!
Angela

>^,,^< Angela Marie Laack
Catalog Librarian
Center for Information Processing
Central University Libraries
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750135
Dallas, Tex. 75275-0135
alaack@mail.smu.edu
214-768-3591