<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Batch Loading MARC Records for Electronic Resources, including record validation, matching and merging, and error reporting </mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Vicki</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Dillon</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Connie</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">McGuire</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>This session will describe our experience with batch loading MARC records into Aleph. Key elements of this process include: error checking and reporting using Perl MARC module and locally developed routines; use of a vendor profile mechanism; routines to address local requirements; matching and merging to support the library’s single record policy; and Aleph load related services. </mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Aleph</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8601">2011-05</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Conference or Workshop Item</mods:genre></mods:mods>