This document provides an overview of MARC21 standards for cataloging and indexing online resources. It describes the basic components of MARC records, including control fields, tagged data fields, and special MARC terms. Specific fields and subfields are defined for different types of headings, including personal names, corporate bodies, conferences, uniform titles, and subjects. Display fields for bibliographic description contain information like titles, editions, publication details, and series.
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Cataloging &
Indexing Using
MARC21
by Ana Maria B. Fresnido
2. MARC
2005-2006 • stands for MAchine Readable
Cataloging
• Computer records
• Created according to a very specific
set of standards
• Designed for identifying, storing, and
communicating cataloging information
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4. Reasons f for U Using gM
MARC Records
2005-2006
1. Allows sharing of records
2. Allows sharing of resources
3. It is a standard
4. It is easy to learn
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5. Who Needs to Know MARC?
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• Acquisitions staff
• Circulation staff
•• ILL staff
• Reference staff
• Administrative staff
• Catalogers
• Systems staff
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6. Types of MARC21 Records
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1. MARC21 bibliographic records
– provide descriptions
– give access to those descriptions
– contain bibliographic information
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7. Types of MARC21 Records (cont cont.)
)
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2.MARC21 authority records
–– provide established headings
– provide cross references
– used for authority control
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8. Types of MARC21 Records (cont )
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cont.)
3. MARC21 holdings records
– provide holdings information
about individual items
4.MARC21 classification records
– Contain information about
classification numbers
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9. Types of MARC21 Records (cont.)
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5. MARC21 community
information records
– Contain information about
community events and
organizations
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10. Sources of MARC Records
2005-2006 • Free
– Shared systems
– The Library of Congress
• Not Free/Fee Based
– Bibliographic utilities
– MARC record vendors
– Z39.50 software
– outsourcing
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11. Special MARC Terms
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• MARC Tag
– a 3-digit number
– identifies the kind of data found
in the field associated with it
• MARC field
– the entire string of information
identified by the tag
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12. Spec Special al M MARC Terms erms (cont.)
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• MARC indicator
– 1-digit code (either a number or a blank
space)
– gives the system special instructions
about the data found in the field that
follows it
• MARC subfield delimeter
– a special character that tells the system
that what follows it is a subfield code
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13. Special MARC Terms (cont ) 2005-2006 cont.)
• MARC subfield code
– an alphanumeric code (0-9 or a-z)
– identifies the kind of data that will be
found in the subfield that follows
• MARC subfield
– the string of information identified by
the subfield code
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14. Special MARC Terms (cont ) 2005-2006 cont.)
• MARC control field or fixed fields
– coded information that is used by
the system to quickly identify what
the record is about (000)
– provide search qualifiers (008)
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15. Tags
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Control Field
Field
Subfield
Subfield
code
Subfield
d li t
delimeter
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16. Most Common Field Groups
2005-2006 • Indexed fields
– Contain headings or access points
• Display fields
– Contain bibliographic description
• Coded fields
– Useful for qualifying or limiting searches
• Numbered fields
– Fields that contain numbers intended to
uniquely identify records in a database
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17. Coded fields- useful for
qualifying or limiting
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searches
Numbered fields
fields-q
contain the LCCN,
ISBN
Display fields-contain
bibliographic
description
Indexed fields-contain
headings and
access p
points
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19. Patterns in MARC Headings Tags
2005-2006 Main entries
1XX
Series
statements
4XX
Subject
headings
6XX
Added entries
7XX
Series added
entries
8XX
Personal name P l P l P l P l
X00
Personal
100
Personal
600
Personal
700
Personal
800
Corporate name
X10
Corporate
110
Corporate
610
Corporate
710
Corporate
810
Conference name
X11
Conference
111
Conference
611
Conference
711
Conference
811
Uniform title
X30
Uniform title
130
Uniform title
630
Uniform title
730
Uniform title
830
Title
X40
Series
440
Topical Topical
X50 650
Geographic
X51
Geographic
651
Genre/Form
Genre/Form
X55
655
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Main entries
1XX
Personal 100
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Type of Personal name
0 Forename
1 Surname
Indicator 2 Undefined-Blank
Subfields
$a Name (surname and forenames)
$q Qualification of name (fuller form)
$b Numeration (of a king, a queen, etc.)
$c Titles, and other words associated with the name
$d D Dates of f b h birth, d h death, or fl h
flourishing
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Added entries
7XX
Personal
700
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Type of personal name
0 Forename
1 Surname
Indicator 2 Type of added entry
# Not analytic
2 Analytic
Subfields .
$a Name (surname and forenames)
$q Qualification of name (fuller form)
$b Numeration (of a king, a queen, etc.)
$c Titles, and other words associated with the name
$d Dates of birth, death, or flourishing
$t Title of work
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Series added entries
8XX
Personal 800
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Type of personal name
0 Forename
1 Surname
Indicator 2 Undefined-Blank
Subfields
$a Name (surname and forenames)
$q Qualification of name (fuller form)
$b Numeration (of a king, a queen, etc.)
$c Titles, and other words associated with the name
$d Dates of birth, death, or flourishing
$t Title of work
$v Volume or series number
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Subject headings
6XX
Personal 600
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Type of personal name
0 Forename
1 Surname
3 Family name
Indicator 2 Source of subject heading
0 LCSH
1 Children’s Annotated Headings
2 MeSH (National Library of Medicine)
3 National Library of Agriculture
4 Local heading
5 National Library of Canada (English)
6 National Library of Canada (French)
7 Source specified in $2
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Subject headings
6XX
Personal
600 (cont.)
Subfields
$a Name (surname and forenames)
$q Qualification of name (fuller form)
$b Numeration (of a king, a queen, etc.)
$c Titles, and other words associated with the name
$d Dates of birth, death, or flourishing
$t Title of work
$v Form subdivision (what the work is)
$x Topical subdivision (what the work is about)
$y Chronological subdivision
$z Geographic subdivision
$2 Source of subject heading or term
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Main entries
1XX
Corporate 110
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Type of Corporate name
1 Place or place and name
2 Name (direct order)
Indicator 2 Undefined-Blank
Subfields
$a Name of corporate body
$b Each subordinate unit in the hierarchy of the
corporate body
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Main entries
1XX
Conference 111
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Type of Conference name
2 Name (direct order)
Indicator 2 Undefined-Blank
Subfields
$a Name of corporate body
$n Number of meeting
$d Date of meeting
$c Place of meeting
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Main entries
1XX
Uniform Title main Entry 130
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Filing indicator
0-9 Nonfiling characters to skip before beginning indexing
Indicator 2 Undefined-Blank
Subfields
$a Uniform title
$n Numbered part or section
$p Named part or section
$l Language of work
$s Version
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$f Date of work
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Subject headings
6XX
Uniform title subject heading 630
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Filing indicator
0-9 Nonfiling characters to skip before beginning indexing
Indicator 2 Source of subject heading
0 LCSH
1 Children’s Annotated Headings
2 MeSH (National Library of Medicine)
3 National Library of Agriculture
4 Local heading
5 National Library of Canada (English)
6 National Library of Canada (French)
7 Source specified in $2
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Subject headings
6XX
Conference 611 (cont.)
Subfields
$a Title
$n Numbered part or section
$p Named part or section
$l Language of work
$s Version
$f Date of work
$v Form subdivision (what the work is)
$x Topical subdivision (what the work is about)
$y Chronological subdivision
$z Geographic subdivision
$2 Source of subject heading or term
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Subject headings
6XX
Topical subject heading 650
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Level of Subject term
# No information provided
Indicator 2 Source of subject heading
0 LCSH
1 Children’s Annotated Headings
2 MeSH (National Library of Medicine)
3 National Library of Agriculture
4 Local heading
5 National Library of Canada (English)
6 National Library of Canada (French)
7 Source specified in $2
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Subject headings
6XX
Topical 650 (cont.)
Subfields
$a Topical heading
$v Form subdivision (what the work is)
$x Topical subdivision (what the work is about)
$y Chronological subdivision
$z Geographic subdivision
$2 Source of subject heading or term
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Subject headings
6XX
Geographic subject heading 651
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Undefined—Blank
Indicator 2 Source of subject heading
0 LCSH
1 Children’s Annotated Headings
2 MeSH (National Library of Medicine)
3 National Library of Agriculture
4 Local heading
5 National Library of Canada (English)
6 National Library of Canada (French)
7 Source specified in $2
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Subject headings
6XX
Geographical 651 (cont.)
Subfields
$a Topical heading
$v Form subdivision (what the work is)
$x Topical subdivision (what the work is about)
$y Chronological subdivision
$z Geographic subdivision
$2 Source of subject heading or term
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Title 245
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Tracing/Indexing indicator
0 Do not index the title as an added entry
1 Index the title as an added entry
Indicator 2 Filing indicator
0-9 Number of characters to skip before beginning indexing
Subfields
$a Title proper
$n Numbered part or section
$p Named part or section
$h General material designation (GMD)
$b Parallel title(s); other title(s)/subtitle(s); subsequent title(s)
(multiple title, without a collective title)
$c Statement of responsibility
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Edition Area 250
Repeatable No
Indicator 1 Undefined—Blank
Indicator 2 Undefined—Blank
Subfields
$a Edition statement
$b Statement of responsibility
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Publication details 260
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Sequence of publishing statements
# Not applicable/no info provided/earliest avail.
Publisher
2 Intervening publisher
3 Current/latest publisher
Indicator 2 Undefined—Blank
Subfields
$a Place of publication
$b Publisher
$c Date of publication
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Description 300
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Undefined—Blank
Indicator 2 Undefined—Blank
Subfields
$a Extent of item (for books: pages)
$b Other physical details (for books: ill. or
not)
$c Dimensions (for books: height, in cm.)
$e Accompanying material
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Series, Indexed 440
Repeatable Yes
Indicator 1 Undefined—Blank
Indicator 2 Filing indicator
0-9 Nonfiling characters to skip before
beginning indexing
Subfields
$a Series title
$n Numbered part or section
$p Named part or section
$v Series numbering
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43. L d 2005-2006 Leader (000)
• A string of 24 bytes of data
• Appears at the beginning of every
MARC
• Contains coded information that tells
important facts about the record
itself
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45. Fixed-Length Data
2005-2006 Elements (008)
• Contains 40 bytes of data
• Contains coded information that tells
important facts about the record and
the material being described by the
record
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46. Sample Fixed Length Data Coding
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p g g
(008)
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