MARC21

=MARC21 hints, tips, etc.=

Latest update: 23 September 2013 Ok, so MARC is being superseded by RDA, but I've just found this rather useful MARC site!

Information about the bib framework, about MARC and RDA all here
 * Latest update: 21 May 2013**

A discussion of the LC bibliographic framework transition What's it all about, MARC?
 * Latest update: 4 November 2011**

MARC vocabularies
 * Latest update: 30 October 2011**

The future of MARBI and the MARC21 format.
 * Latest update: 19 August 2011**

Library of Congress moving away from MARC Saying goodbye to MARC Report from the original MARC pilot project way back in 1968!
 * Latest update: 31 July 2011**

Links to some old writings on MARCas well as some very up-to-date stuff on what might replace it.
 * Latest update: 29 June 2011**

All about MARCand its shortcomings!
 * Latest update: 8 June 2011**

Use of the 022field in a MARC record Questions about MARC? Ask Ms Marc MARC tag of the month! What's in a MARC 020field?
 * Latest update: 11 May 2011**

How a future MARC recordcould look!
 * Latest update: 16 March 2011**

Language codefor moving images in 041, updated version here Best practicefor 008 / 041 language coding MARC tagusage and metadata practises The MARC listserv archive Minutes of the latest BIC Bibliographic Standards Group meeting
 * Latest update: 16 February 2011**

So, just how important is MARCto the cataloguer? Upload IMBD MARC records to your LMS
 * Latest update: 26 January 2011**

Is [|MARC]really that vile?
 * Latest update: 20 September 2010**

Is there still a [|place]for MARC and RDA?
 * Latest update: 16 June 2010**

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*MARC tag 856
Here's what someone thinks about [|MARC tag 856]

*A blog on MARC
A blog about [|MARC]and other bib formats stressing the idea of interoperability.

*MARC standards
A general guide to [|MARC standards]. A guide to [|MARC]from LC

*MARC database
[|MARCdocs]is a searchable database of MARC21 tags. Using the [|search facility]you can pull up information on any MARC tag, e.g. 008, or using [|browse]you can pull up a numerical list of all the tags.

*Examples of good cataloguing practice
In addition to the MARC21 manual provided online by the [|Library of Congress], examples of good catalgouging practice can be found at, amongst other places, the following websites:

http://berkeley-public.org/search - Berkeley Public Library [|http://leopac.nypl.org]- New York Public Library http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog - North Carolina State University [|http://melvyl.cdlib.org] - Melvyl : University of California Libraries

*Name authority
Check your [|name authority headings]using the LC authority website.

*Standards for records
Check out what [|BIBCO](the LC Program for Co-operative Cataloguing) consider to be the standards required for cataloguing items, and their [|Participants' Manual](pdf file).

*MARC codes
A link to all the [|MARC codes]you might need. These are:
 * [|country codes]
 * [|geographic area codes]
 * [|languages codes]
 * [|codes for organisations]
 * [|codes for relators]

*Country codes
A list of [|country codes]according to ISO 3166-1.

*List of MARC tags
A list of [|MARC tags].

*Quality!
In her post, Laureltarulli talks about [|discovery platforms]and the importance of good quality MARC records!