BestMARC™ Comparison
Customizable solutions to work for you
From single libraries with independent catalogs to large districts with union catalogs, our team works together with you to create the perfect BestMARC™ metadata management solution to meet your needs.
Our most advanced online solution yet is available in three subscription levels to help you to manage your MARC records. Contact us for a free consultation to find the solution that fits you best.
Subscription Levels Comparison
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| MARC Record Editor |
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| MARC Tips, Examples, Errors: Includes context-sensitive links to LOC and RDA Toolkit documentation |
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| Record Templates: 48 built-in templates, user-created templates |
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| Search More Servers: Z39.50 search |
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| Checkpoints: Side-by-side comparison of changes, rollback changes |
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| Subject Explorer: Add/Update Subject Authority-controlled fields in bibliographic records |
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 | Authority Explorer: Add/Update Name & Series Authority-controlled fields in bibliographic records |
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| Reading Program Updates: Automatically update Accelerated Reader 360®, Fountas & Pinnell®, Lexile®, Reading Counts!® |
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| Convert to RDA: Tag 260 to 264, 336, 337 & 338 updates, 100s of terms expanded, birth and death dates, unnumbered pages, leaves & plates and more |
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| Subject Heading Updates: Library of Congress, Library of Congress Children’s, Sears and Kid Friendly, plus Subject Enrichment feature |
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| Award Notes: State and National award notes |
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| Brief to Full: Adds selected fields for records found in the BestMARC record source |
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| Record Repair: Automatically fixes common problems in your MARC records |
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| Variant ISBN: Adds ISBNs for materials with identical content into new 024 fields |
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| Lists: Organize records into lists |
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| Selections: Find smaller groups of records |
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| Global Editing: Create and save powerful instructions to make batch changes to your database |
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| Workflows: Combine Enhancements and Global Edits sequentially for easy processing |
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| Authority record search, editing, creation |
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| Authority Record Management: All tools (e.g. lists, global edits) enabled for Authority records |
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| Save full Authority records when adding bibliographic fields in Authority Explorer |
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| Lexile® is a registered trademark of MetaMetrics, Inc. | Accelerated Reader 360® is a registered trademark of Renaissance | Reading Counts!® is registered trademark of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | F&P Text Level Gradient™ is a trademark of Heinemann | ||||
Reading program updates, subject heading updates, awards notes, brief to full, record repair
Global editing, automated workflows, organize records into lists, find small groups of records
*billed annually
Please contact us if you’d like more information about any of these BestMARC products. Schedule a free webinar to learn about our offerings.