Bulk Change the 006 Tag in Bibliographic Records

To bulk change the 006 tag in multiple bibliographic records:

Note:
You can insert or delete 006 tags, but you cannot replace an existing 006 tag. The code you specify in the Form of material position (006/00) determines the data elements you can define for subsequent character positions.

  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.

The Bibliographic Record Bulk Change dialog box appears.

  1. Select the 006 Tag tab.

The 006 Tag tabbed page appears.

  1. To insert or replace an entire 006 tag, select Insert or Replace, and do the following steps:
    1. Select the form of material code in the (00) box.
    2. Click Define. The appropriate dialog box appears, depending on the form of material.
    3. Define the subsequent positions in the 006 tag by selecting the appropriate codes from the lists in the dialog box.
    4. Click OK when you have finished defining the character positions. The results of your selections appear to the right of the Define button.
    5. If you are inserting a new 006 tag, select As first if you want the tag to be the first 006 tag, or select As last if you want the tag to be the last 006 tag. If you are replacing a specific 006 tag, select First or Last.
  2. To delete a specific 006 tag, select Delete and do the following steps:
    1. In the (00) box, select the value that matches the 006 tag you want to delete.
    2. Select First instance to delete only the first 006 tag that contains that value, Last instance to delete the last occurrence of the tag, or All instances to delete all 006 tags with this value.
  1. To change a specific value in the Form of material (00) code in the 006 tag, do the following steps:
    1. Select the check box that corresponds to the form of material you want to change, for example Books.
    2. In the From box, select the value to change. 
    3. In the To box, select the value to put in this position
  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. See Check the bulk change queue and run the report.