Install Python Packages

Several Python 3 packages are utilized:

• tarfile
• xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
• pandas
• glob
• sys
• datetime
• csv

All packages except pandas should be Python standard library. Use pip install [package_name] to install or pip install [package_name] --upgrade to upgrade a package.

HathiPrint_Process_Records_Single-part_Monographs

This Python 3 script is used for processing compressed single-part monographs Alma records. After the publication profiles job is done, download all .tar.gz files from FTP server and save them to a local folder (folder_path_1). Create a new folder (folder_path_2) for MARC-XML files. Then create a new folder (folder_path_3) for the results generated by the script.

To run the script, download the Single-part_Monographs.py file (to file_path_4). We recommend you to save the python file and folders in the same folder, so we could use relative path in the command line. In the command line,

In the command line, run: python file_path_4/Single-part_Monographs.py folder_path_1 folder_path_2 folder_path_3

HathiPrint_Process_Records_Multipart_Monographs

This Python 3 script is used for processing compressed multipart monographs Alma records. After the publication profiles job is done, download all .tar.gz files from FTP server and save them to a local folder (folder_path_1). Create a new folder (folder_path_2) for MARC-XML files. Then create a new folder (folder_path_3) for the results generated by the script.

To run the script, download the Multipart_Monographs.py file (to file_path_4). We recommend you to save the python file and folders in the same folder, so we could use relative path in the command line.

In the command line,

In the command line, run: python file_path_4/Multipart_Monographs.py folder_path_1 folder_path_2 folder_path_3

HathiPrint_Process_Records_Serials

This Python 3 script is used for processing serials Alma records. After the publication profiles job is done, download all .tar.gz files from FTP server and save them to a local folder (folder_path_1). Create a new folder (folder_path_2) for MARC-XML files. Then create a new folder (folder_path_3) for the results generated by the script.

To run the script, download the Serials.py file (to file_path_4). We recommend you to save the python file and folders in the same folder, so we could use relative path in the command line.

In the command line,

In the command line, run: python file_path_4/Serials.py folder_path_1 folder_path_2 folder_path_3