I worked with AI to make a Python script to copy and paste fields straight from OCLC into a Sierra record. I can use this to quickly update old Sierra records (especially films with many 7xx fields) or vendor records.
This is the basics of the script, although you will need OCLC API access token in a credentials file, also, this script is part of a bigger program for myself and there is a textbox to capture the OCLC number and checkboxes for selecting the fields to copy.
It would be interesting if something like this was native in Sierra to copy/format into Sierra friendly field pasting.
Disclaimer: I am in no way shape or form a developer or a programmer. It doesn’t always work as well as I would like it to.
Just thought this works well for me and maybe someone else can benefit from something similar.
Clever idea @PatC, but had you considered using the REST API on the Sierra end to update the bib record directly? The …/v6/bibs/bib_record_num PUT request is what one would use to update the MARC fields.
Disclaimer: I have not personally used the API to write to Sierra bib records, just item and patron records. But the functionality exists.