Bulk Change the 008 Tag in Bibliographic Records

To bulk change the 008 tag in multiple bibliographic records:

  1. Open the Bibliographic Record Set workform.

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Click to open the Bulk Change dialog box, or press CTRL+B.

  1. Select Tools > Bulk Change.
  2. Select the 008 Tag tab.

The 008 Tag tabbed page appears.

  1. Select the checkbox that corresponds to the 008 tag you want to change.
  2. Click From.

The Bulk Change 008 — (From) box appears based on the checkbox you selected.

  1. Select the positions you want to change in the 008 tag of all records in the record set.
  2. Click OK to return to the Bibliographic Record Bulk Change dialog box.
  3. Click To.

The Bulk Change 008 -- To dialog box appears based on selections you made in the Bulk Change 008 -- From dialog box. For example, if you specified a change to the Language (35-37), you can select only the Language in the Bulk Change 008 --From dialog box. If there were multiple selections in the From box, you can select multiple values for the To box.

  1. Click OK to return to the Bibliographic Record Bulk Change dialog box.
  2. Click OK to initiate the bulk change process, or click another tab to make other changes to the records.

If you click OK, the Summary of Changes dialog box appears.

  1. Click Continue on the Summary of Changes dialog box to continue with the bulk change. A message tells you the change was added to the bulk change queue. See Check the bulk change queue and run the report.