mln-converter 0.2.0

Converts exported data from Minuteman Library Network reading history.

Minuteman Library Network (MLN) Record Converter

Historical loan records exported via the MLN website are in a semi-human readable format, making them difficult to use in analyses. This utility converts each record into a Record object that can be inspected in multiple ways.

Dev install

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• Poetry for Python

Installation

Clone the git repository locally and run poetry install from the main directory. On Ubuntu:

git clone [e-mail]:woodforsheep/mln-to-csv.git
cd mln-to-csv
poetry install

Command Line Use

poetry run mln-to-csv --help
Using python3 (3.11.4)
usage: mln-to-csv [-h] files [files ...]

Converts exported MLN records to CSV

positional arguments:
  files       The list of files to convert

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

Library use

The main utility in the library is lines_to_records and can be used as follows:

from mln_converter import lines_to_records

with open(records_file) as fp:
    lines = fp.readlines()
records = lines_to_records(lines)

for record in records:
    print(f"{record.titles[0]} ({record.authors[0]})")

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