for javed.

marc2marcxml.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import pymarc
import sys

input = sys.argv[1]
output = input + '.xml'

reader = pymarc.MARCReader(open(input, 'rb'), to_unicode=True)
with open(output, 'w') as writer:
    writer.write("<collection xmlns='http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim'>")
    for record in reader:
        record.leader = record.leader[:9] + 'a' + record.leader[10:]
        writer.write(pymarc.record_to_xml(record).decode('utf-8') + "\n")
    writer.write("</collection>")