Core Technical Services and Systems Committee presents:
Title: Analytics and Batch Editing using PyMARC: An Amateur's Code for Accessible Starting Points (Part 3)
Date: Friday, April 24, 2026
Time: 11am – 12pm CT
Cost: Free
Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/hSvEcRD1RN2CUEVa7cs6iw
We are hosting the third session of an online Brown Bag series on Friday, April 24 entitled: Analytics and Batch Editing using PyMARC: An Amateur's Code for Accessible Starting Points. This session is "Collections Assessment III: Bibliometrics," and it is the third in a five-part, recorded series on using PyMARC. The goal is to use PyMARC to extract, transform, and load MARC records.
In this session, Emily Fidelman of West Virginia University explores bibliometrics produced by merging extracted metadata with other data. We will focus on merging MARC with usage data, including COUNTER format statistics and citation data from Web of Science and CrossRef, to produce reports of downloads and citations by subject. We will also demonstrate how to merge MARC with circulation data for print resources. These measures form impact metrics comparable to more familiar, article level bibliometrics, which consider usage as well as disciplinary relevance.
We hope to see you on Friday the 24th. Our next session, "Metadata quality control I: Statistics and proofing" (Tuesday, May 19th @ 11 am Central), will focus on merging collections data with usage data and looking at citation analysis.
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Jenny Bodenhamer
Digital Services Librarian
Oklahoma State University
She/Her/Hers
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