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  • Library of Congress MARC Bibliographic Update 27

    Library of Congress MARC Bibliographic Update 27

    BestMARC has now been updated to include the recently-released Update 27 of the MARC Bibliographic spec from the Library of Congress. The biggest additions focus on adding fields for Accessibility. The new fields and subfields are now reflected in the BestMARC editor.

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  • Customize Columns in My Records

    Customize Columns in My Records

    We’ll be releasing a new version of BestMARC on Wednesday October 31, at 11:30am. The newest feature we’re announcing is the ability to create and customize columns in My Records. In your Profile, you’ll be able to set up to 5 columns to display any MARC subfields of your choosing. So if you’d like to…

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  • MARC Magician and MARC Wizard Sunsetting

    MARC Magician and MARC Wizard Sunsetting

    Back in 2000, Mitinet launched the first version of MARC Magician as a record management software tool for Windows 98. This software was known for it’s powerful Global Editing, Templates, Lists, and many other features designed to dig deeply into your MARC record database. In 2004, MARC Wizard launched as a simpler software solution with step-by-step tools to keep…

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  • BestMARC’s New Look, Now Including Lists

    BestMARC’s New Look, Now Including Lists

    After a lot of hard work, the BestMARC team has released a new version out to users this afternoon. The first thing you’ll notice is a brand new, modern look that matches the new website and logos we introduced in July.  We hope that this fresh look is easier on your eyes and helps make your BestMARC experience even…

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  • BestMARC Server Maintenance – Tuesday, September 4th

    BestMARC Server Maintenance – Tuesday, September 4th

    We’re busy preparing something new! On Tuesday, September 4th from 1-2pm we’ll be releasing a new version of BestMARC. You may have problems connecting to BestMARC during this maintenance window while we install new features. In addition to numerous bug fixes, we’ve overhauled BestMARC to have a new modern look.  We’ve also added several new…

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  • Announcing Our New Website and Logo

    Announcing Our New Website and Logo

    Mitinet Library Services is pleased to announce the launch of our new website today! We’ve been working hard over the past months to develop a fresh new look. The design is simpler and easier to navigate, and it highlights our mission to empower librarians to get the most out of their library data. In addition, BestMARC is updated with…

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  • ARSL Conference 2018

    ARSL Conference 2018

    We’re now officially registered as an Exhibitor at the 2018 Association of Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) conference in Springfield, IL on September 13-15, 2018. We look forward to showing the many small libraries in attendance how to quickly and easily improve the quality of their library metadata using BestMARC or working with our data experts.

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  • Library of Congress MARC Bibliographic Update 25

    Library of Congress MARC Bibliographic Update 25

    BestMARC has now been updated to include Update 25 of the MARC Bibliographic spec from the Library of Congress. The new fields and subfields are now reflected in the MARC editor. The largest change focuses on adding a new $1 control subfield to many fields of the MARC record that is used to enter a Real World Object URI.…

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