BestMARC is an optional Alexandria integration. Contact our Sales Team if you're interested in adding it to your library!
BestMARC offers quick and convenient ways to evaluate, clean up, and supplement your MARC data. Spend more time with your patrons by letting BestMARC do the work of making your catalog more discoverable!
Benefits
There are two subscription levels to help libraries manage their MARC records.
Plus
BestMARC Plus is entirely integrated with Alexandria, meaning everything can be done through two Alexandria utilities. No exports or imports necessary!
Get a diagnostic of your catalog, which includes...
Holdings by Location
Collection Types Statuses
AACR2 / RDA Cataloging Standards
MARC Record Fields Status
Brief Record Summary
Award Notes
Subject Headings
Reading Programs
Duplicate Records Summary
Enhance your records, including...
Award Notes
Reading Programs
Subject Headings
Record Repair
RDA Conversion
Global
In addition to the benefits of Plus, BestMARC Global users have access to...
Record Source & Cataloging. Search, original cataloging
Subject Explorer. Find and add new subjects
Global Editing. Create and save powerful instructions to make batch changes to your database
Workflows. Combine Enhancements and Global Edits sequentially for easy processing
Lists & Selections. Focus on smaller groups of records
Checkpoints. Side-by-side record comparison, undo changes
Collaboration Tools. Account Management, Sharing Features
BestMARC Global users will have full access to features not yet integrated with Alexandria through Mitinet's web-based software portal.
Onboarding
Interested in getting BestMARC for your library? Here's what you'll need to do!
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Contact Alexandria's Sales Team to add BestMARC to your license. You'll receive an email from us confirming your registration.
Contact Mitinet so they can prepare your files.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should I contact for technical support?
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Questions about imports should be directed to COMPanion Customer Support, and questions about orders, MARC record quality, or any other MARC information should be directed to Mitinet.
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Preferences > Services > BestMARC SYSTEM Preference
Preferences and Tools
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Enable BestMARC. When enabled, BestMARC will show in the Vendors dropdown menu in the Current Item pane of Circulation, and the BestMARC operations will be available in Utilities.
Vendor URL. This field contains BestMARC's current web address and is used mainly for reference.
Operations
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Run the Mitinet AnalyzeMARC and Mitinet BestMARC Plus utilities.
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Contact
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If you would like to, click on the Contact tab and fill out all of BestMARC's contact information. Be sure to click Save in the upper right-hand corner when you're done. This will make it easier for you and your staff to contact BestMARC Customer Support if you experience problems or have questions in the future.