Path: | lib/marc.rb |
Last Update: | Thu May 05 14:20:10 +0000 2011 |
marc is a ruby library for reading and writing MAchine Readable Cataloging (MARC). More information about MARC can be found at <www.loc.gov/marc>.
USAGE
require 'marc' # reading records from a batch file reader = MARC::Reader.new('marc.dat') for record in reader puts record['245']['a'] end # creating a record record = MARC::Record.new() record.add_field(MARC::DataField.new('100', '0', ' ', ['a', 'John Doe'])) # writing a record writer = MARC::Writer.new('marc.dat') writer.write(record) writer.close() # writing a record as XML writer = MARC::XMLWriter.new('marc.xml') writer.write(record) writer.close() # Deal with non-standard control field tags MARC::Field.control_tags << 'FMT' record = MARC::Record.new() record.add_field(MARC::ControlField.new('FMT', 'Book')) # doesn't throw an error