Diving into MARC 2003

Diving into MARC What’s MARC got to do with it? Spring 2010 LIB 630 Classification and Cataloging

Who’s MARC, anyway? ,[object Object],Franz Marc Blue Horses I 1911 Nope—none of them !

Not a person, huh? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], Library of Congress

Machine-Readable? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Machine-Readable? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Signposts? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],More to come!

What does a MARC record look like? Section of MARC file for Standard Cataloging for School and Public Libraries Downloaded from Library of Congress catalog Do you see anything you can recognize? What about the title and statement of responsibility?

What does it all mean? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Don’t these sound familiar? Fields

Fixed fields ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Variable fields ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Elements of a field 1

Elements of a field 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tag for title information Indicators: 1 indicates a separate title entry is required ; 4 says “skip first 4 characters and file under “emperor’s” 245 14 $a The emperor's new clothes / $c adapted from Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Janet Stevens.

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Elements of a field 3 Tag Indicators , indicating 1: separate title entry; and 4: skip 4 characters Delimiters and subfield codes

Delimiters? Subfield codes? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Important fields to be aware of ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A typical 2xx level entry ,[object Object],[object Object],Notice the / ? Remember what that means? That’s right, it’s the ISBD punctuation that says what follows is whoever’s responsible for the item! Then what comes before it is the title—right? The $a is the MARC sign (called a delimiter ) for the title subfield The $c delimiter indicates the author subfield The 14 isn’t fourteen, it’s 2 indicators : 1 to show that a title added entry is needed, 4 to tell the computer to skip 4 spaces when alphabetizing, i.e. skip “The” and the space (4 characters: t,h,e,space) that follow and start at “school”

Two more 245 examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

082 - Dewey Decimal Classification Number ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

100 Main entry -- Personal name -- (primary author) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What does “main entry” mean? ,[object Object],[object Object]

245 Title Statement (NR) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

260 Publication, distribution, etc. (Imprint) (R) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

300 Physical description (R) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where can I find more details about fields and tags? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Will I have to create a MARC record? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How can I import? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Continued on next slide!

Importing Marc part deux ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Importing MARC Part the Third ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Give us an example! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MARC Record (selected tags) Diving into MARC Tag 020 is ISBN Library of Congress shows delimiters as | rather than $ Tag 082 gives Dewey classification number Subfield |2 (or $2) shows that number could be extended to 025.322 Tag 050 is LC classification Tag 650 marks subject headings Tags in the 500s are Notes Tag 010 is LC control number Tag 040 is Cataloging Source Tag 035 is system control number

Does MARC have a home? ,[object Object],[object Object]

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