[IUG] Call Number Commas in Bib Records

["Workman, Clay" <clay_workman at tempe dot gov>]

I've been out of Cataloging for awhile and time has passed me by.

We use Dewey classification.  We do not like commas in our bib record
call numbers.

We also use OCLC Connexion client to create spine labels.  In many
circumstances, Connexion software requires you to enter a comma-space in
the MARC call number field in order to have your label data print on a
new line.

The result, for us, is a nice-looking label, and a bib record that has a
call number which has imported those commas.

My catalogers, and my own dim memory, tell me that OCLC software used to
have a way to strip out those commas and not export them.  I've looked
at the help guide for the current version of the Connexion client (2.1)
and can't find any notes about this.

Does anybody know if it's still possible to have those records leave the
OCLC software without the commas?  If not, is it possible to adjust our
bib load table to strip them on the way in?  I haven't had load table
training, but it's my understanding that load tables will only deal with
whole MARC fields, not individual characters within a field.  Am I
right?

Thanks for any tips.

Clay Workman
Tempe (Ariz.) Public Library


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