NOTE: It’s not easy to export unless you really know your MARC fields! It pays to do several downloads with various configurations in order to get the best results.
The UNBIS Manuals are your friends:
Also, if you have a bunch of similar records, look at the MARC format to identify good fields for export.
Key fields for various records (fields in bold are local fields)
|
MARC field |
Field contains |
Bib records |
Voting |
Speeches |
Notes |
|
191__a |
Document Symbol |
Yes |
-- |
-- |
Most other subfields confusing |
|
791__a |
Document Symbol |
-- |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
191__r |
Body and session |
Yes |
-- |
Yes |
No punctuation (A74) |
|
245 |
Title |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
269 |
Publication date |
Yes |
Yes |
-- |
As of 2024, Speech records do not have 269, only 992 |
|
992 |
Action date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
520 |
Summary note |
Yes |
-- |
-- |
|
|
700__a |
Personal name |
Yes, author |
-- |
Yes, speaker |
|
|
710__a |
Corporate name |
Yes, author /sponsors |
-- |
Yes, country/ organization |
|
|
991 |
Agenda |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Many subfields! Indicators important in Bib records |
|
9911_c |
General Assembly Agenda |
Yes |
-- |
Yes |
$c is agenda title; $d is agenda subject |
|
9913_d |
Security Council Agenda |
Yes |
-- |
Yes |
No $c in SC records before 2020, only $d |
|
991%_e |
Action note |
Yes |
-- |
-- |
Contains information about actions (such as election outcomes) related to the agenda item |
|
967 |
Vote information |
-- |
Yes |
-- |
$d is vote, $e is country name (NOTE: Manuals say there are 967, 968, 969 but these are all converted to 967 on export to UNDL) |
|
996__a |
Vote summary |
-- |
Yes |
-- |
|
|
993 |
Related documents |
Yes |
Yes |
-- |
Document symbol, has indicators if you want to get fancy |
| 952 | Meeting record | -- | Yes | -- | Document symbol of meeting vote occurred |
NOTE: These fields can also be used to create very targeted searches.
To export the following fields, copy to MARC fields as displayed to the "Export as" pop up box. Modify as needed.
For more information on exporting data from the UN Digital Library, see our webinar on the topic. Recorded March 2021.