Geospatial Librarian

Overview: This post lists a set of steps that can transform MARC metadata into the GeoBlacklight Metadata schema.  The process involves changing a .mrc file into a .csv file.  It also shows how to access the Math Tool in MarcEdit that will transform coordinates in the 034 field from degrees-minutes-seconds into decimal degrees. Tools Required: MarcEdit , Spreadsheet editor 1. Obtain the MARC metadata as a single file in the .mrc format.  (MARCXML works too.) 2. Open MarcEdit and select the icon called MarcEditor. 3. Go to File-Open: select the .mrc file. 4. If you need to convert the coordinates in the 034 field from degrees-minutes-seconds, go to Edit-Edit Shortcuts-Math Functions-Convert To Decimal Degrees. (Otherwise, skip to step 5) If your coordinates have been entered using the standard d,e,f,g part of the 034 field, accept the defaults. Review the results: Before: After: Go to File-Save As to save your work as another .mrc

This post is a quick rundown of the main software applications used for the Big Ten Academic Alliance Geospatial Data Project. Hosted Applications GeoBlacklight Purpose:   This application is the public geoportal. Authors: GeoBlacklight project Code Base:   Open source application built on Blacklight and Ruby on Rails Project GitHub repository fork: https://github.umn.edu/Libraries/geoblacklight/ Associated Scripts Csw-to-geoblacklight - python and XSLT used for publishing, updating, deleting records Comments: This is the core output of the project. GeoBlacklight is actively developed, and new functionality has been added in version 1.x that we hope to migrate to soon. GeoNetwork Purpose:   This online application is for collaboratively editing XML files in the ISO 19139 format. Authors: Open Source Geospatial Foundation Code Base:   Open source application built on Java with Apache Tomcat Project GitHub repository: https://github.com/BTAA