Chapter 79. Introduction

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MARC Tag-table Service

This part describes cataloging in Evergreen.

MARC Tag-table Service

The tag tables for the web staff client MARC editor are stored in the database. The tag-table service has the following features:

  • specifies whether (sub)fields are optional or mandatory
  • specifies whether (sub)fields are repeatable or not
  • a coded value map can be associated with a subfield to establish a controlled vocabulary for that subfield
  • MARC field and subfield definitions can be overridden by institutions further down in the organizational unit hierarchy. This allows, for example, a library to specify definitions for local MARC tags.
  • values supplied by the tag-table service are used to populate values in context menus in the web staff client MARC editor.

MARC Tag Tables can be found under Administration → Server Administration → MARC Tag Tables.

MARC Tag Tables Grid:

Grid view of MARC Tag Tables

MARC Tag Tables Detail:

Detail view of MARC Tag Tables

The initial seed data for the in-database tag table is derived from the current tooltips XML file.