Batch Adding PURLs

1. Create a text document that is made up of the SGML tags below (the information like recs and /recs within < and >).

• Note that recs and /recs indicates the beginning and end of the entire document.
• The rec and /rec indicate the beginning and end of one record within the document.
• One record will equal one PURL. The template below is for 4 PURLs.
• You can delete records or copy and paste records to your template to match how many PURLs you want to add.
• Use your CONSER logon (without hyphens) between the first id and /id in each record.
• Leave CONSER in between the second id and /id in each record.
• If you want a PURL to be a partial redirect, add also <partial></partial> on a line within the record for that PURL. See section 1.9 of PURL Frequently Asked Questions at http://purl.oclc.org/OCLC/PURL/FAQ for information on partial redirects.

<recs> 
    <rec> 
         <purl></purl> 
         <url></url> 
         <type>User_Batch_Add</type> 
         <id></id> 
         <id>CONSER</id> 
    </rec>
   <rec> 
         <purl></purl> 
         <url></url> 
         <type>User_Batch_Add</type> 
         <id></id> 
         <id>CONSER</id> 
    </rec>
   <rec> 
         <purl></purl> 
         <url></url> 
         <type>User_Batch_Add</type> 
         <id></id> 
         <id>CONSER</id> 
    </rec>
   <rec> 
         <purl></purl> 
         <url></url> 
         <type>User_Batch_Add</type> 
         <id></id> 
         <id>CONSER</id> 
    </rec>

</recs> 

2. Create a spreadsheet with the titles of the resources in the first column. You will be pasting the URLs for the resources in the second column, and pasting the PURLs that you create in the third column.

3. Add URLs to the SGML document that you prepared in 1 above and to the spreadsheet that you prepared in 2 above.

• Open your web browser and go to the resource for which you are creating multiple PURLs.
• Click on the title of one the resources.
• Copy the URL from your web browser.
• Paste the URL in your spreadsheet beside that title.
• Paste the URL in between <url> and </url> in one of the records in your SGML document.

4. Repeat the steps in 3 above until you have added the URLs for all of the resources to your SGML document and to your spreadsheet.

5. Copy your entire SGML document.

6. Create your PURLs.

• Using your web browser, go to OCLC Bibliographic PURL Service at http://bibpurl.oclc.org.
• Log in using your CONSER authorization number and password.
• Click on Search PURLs on left side of the page.
• Search each of the URLs (or the base URL if the resources are from one site) by typing a distinctive part of the URL in the URL box to make sure no one has created a PURL while you were doing the above steps. If any are found, take them off your SGML document and copy it again.
• Return to the PURL Resolver Home Page.
• Click on Batch add PURLs on the right side of the page.
• Scroll down on the Batch Add PURLs Form until you see the Add List box.
• Paste your SGML document in that box.
• Click on Add Batch.
• Print out the Results of PURL Addition Request page for checking later.

7. Update your spreadsheet.

• Copy the PURLs one at a time from the Results of PURL Addition Request page and paste into your spreadsheet.
• When all PURLs have been copied and pasted, return to the PURL Resolver Home Page.
• Click on Log out from this Rosolver on left side of page.
• Take statistics on PURLs created.
• Print out your spreadsheet and check the URLs and corresponding PURLs against the Results of PURL Addition Request page that you printed earlier.

8. Use your spreadsheet to update OCLC and local records as usual.