Wheelers ePlatform, Bolinda eAudiobooks, and other vendors (eg. Ebsco, CUP, WB), provide schools with a catalogue record in USMARC format for each title purchased. These can be imported into Infiniti to create digital links to the ebook download on the vendor platform.

If cataloguing services such as SCIS have full catalogue records (mainly Wheelers records) for the items you have purchased, you can enrich these basic MARC records with metadata from that service. 

Import MARC21 Records

You can import a file of MARC21 records for the titles you have purchased from your vendor.

Go to: Cataloguing > Imports > MARC 21

1. Set the formatof the file to be imported.  Note: File should have .dat, .mrc, .marc extension, be unzipped, and less than 32mb in size
2. Clickto locate your already prepared MARC File.
3. Records are matched on ISBN or ISSN. Choose Existing ISBN/ISSN Treatment:
   1. Always create new records
   2.  (default) - if an ISBN/ISSN match is detected, ignore the match and create a new record. This may result in duplicate records.
   3. Overwrite Existing Records - if an ISBN/ISSN match is detected, overwrite the existing record/s with data from the imported record.
   4. Skip Existing Records - if an ISBN/ISSN match is detected, leave the existing record/s unchanged and skip over the imported record.   Note: Choose this option to avoid duplicates if unsure
4. For bibliographic records contained in the file, Add Copy For New Records:
   1. Yes
   1. - create a holdings record. Note: Use for importing a file containing only bibliographic records for digital resources.
   1. No -  do not create a holdings record. Note: Use for importing a file containing only bibliographic records for non-digital resources.
   1. Digital Records Only - create a holdings record only if the bibliographic record is for a digital resource. Note: Use for importing a file containing a mix of bibliographic records for digital and non-digital resources, or when you are unsure of the media type contained in the file.
5. Choose the Site to locate this batch of digital records in. Note: Digital items should ideally be stored in a digital site. eg. Digital - General, Digital - Senior, Digital - Teaching Resources depending on audience.
6. Choose Media Type:
   1. Use Media Type Import Rules - the import process will determine the media type based on preset rules, or ...
   2. {select appropriate media} - all records in the batch will be assigned the selected media type.  eg ebook, eaudiobook
7. Choose to Exclude Subject Vocabulary:
   1. SCIS - exclude the SCIS subject headings.
   2. ScOT - exclude the ScOT subject headings.
   3. SCIS+ScOT - exclude both SCIS and ScOT.
8. Read Current Import Behaviour carefully to ensure the imported records will be allocated as you expect. Note: This is a dynamic message that draws its content from the current values on this page and the configuration settings in Config > Settings > General.
9. Clickwhen ready.

• NOTE : After successful import, the digital records will require their Status to be Bulk updated from 'Catalogue' status created by the Import, to 'Online'.  This enables them to be viewed from the Opac.  
• Use Catalogue > Bulk update > by searching > choose Site = relevant Digital site, Section = Digital, Status = Catalogue > search.
• Click on and choose Status = On line > type YES into the box with the warning > Save changes.    
  
  

Enhancing Basic MARC Records