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A bookmarklet to update the coded date of cataloguing in a 590 subfield $$a in the Alma Metadata Editor.

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Update-590a-Cataloguing-Date-on-Alma

A bookmarklet to update the coded date of cataloguing in a 590 subfield $$a in the Alma Metadata Editor.

Changes any instance of sgl followed by four characters to today's data in the format sglMMDD, e.g. "sgl0819". o install the bookmarklet, add the following code into the URL or Location section of a new bookmark:

javascript:(function() { var getActiveElement = function (element = document.activeElement) { var shadowRoot = element.shadowRoot ; var contentDocument = element.contentDocument; if (shadowRoot && shadowRoot.activeElement) { return getActiveElement(shadowRoot.activeElement); }; if (contentDocument && contentDocument.activeElement) { return getActiveElement(contentDocument.activeElement); }; return element; }; var activeEl=getActiveElement(); var padding = function (number) { var strno = ""; if (number < 10) { strno+= "0" + number.toString(); } else { strno+=number.toString(); } return strno; }; var five90El = activeEl; var five90text = five90El.value; var dateNow = new Date(); var todaysDate = "sgl" + padding(dateNow.getMonth()+1) + padding(dateNow.getDate()); if (five90text.match (/sgl.... |$/)) { var new590text = five90text.replace(/sgl..../, todaysDate); five90El.value = new590text; } var event = new Event('change'); five90El.dispatchEvent(event); })();

To use the bookmarklet:

  • Click on the 590 field in a record
  • Click on the bookmarklet on the your bookmarks toolbar

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