Marc Manual: Understanding and Using Marc Records [Paperback]

Deborah J. Byrne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1991 | ISBN-10: 0872878139 | ISBN-13: 978-0872878136

If you are in the process-beginning, middle, or end-of automating your catalog, you will welcome the wealth of information in this concise, easy-to-use handbook. Created for librarians new to MARC and for those accustomed to using MARC data, it explains all three types of MARC records, and it gives considerations and specifications for MARC database processing, MARC products, and online systems. Byrne addresses MARC format integration in a separate chapter new to this edition and thoroughly explains the new and changed MARC codes that resulted from MARC format integration. In another new chapter she covers the MARC Format for Community Information. All information has been updated- including that on MARC authority records and holdings records.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A well-written, carefully edited, and nicely printed explanation of the MARC format, that bugaboo of library/information science students, practitioners who trained before computer-based cataloging became ubiquitous, and computer specialists trying to understand the arcane tools of librarians. Filled with examples, the book begins with a thoughtful chapter on MARC theory and development. Later chapters cover MARC structure and content designation, format integration, patterns, major bibliographic codes, electronic records, database processing, products, online systems, authority format, holdings format, community information format, and use in different types of libraries. A glossary and index complete the book. Byrne answers virtually every question you had about MARC and does it without using strange language, e.g., she quickly defines "content designation." (This is not a workbook like Larry Millsap and Terry Ellen Ferl's Descriptive Cataloging for the AACR2R and the Integrated MARC Format, 2d ed., Professional Media, LJ 1/98.) Recommended for professional collections, students, new practitioners, vendor/computer staff, and others who must work with MARC-based systems.?Sheila S. Intner, GSLIS, Simmons Coll., Boston
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Review

“A well-written, carefully edited, and nicely printed explanation of the MARC format...Byrne answers virtually every question you had about MARC and does it without using strange language...Recommended.”–Library Journal

“Reviews from previous edition: A very useful manual for library administrators, cataloguers and especially systems librarians...Offers a solid background to database construction and management in a MARC environment.”–Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

“Reviews from previous edition: Examines the practical aspects of the MARC format and provides valuable advice on how to use it to enhance library services.”–Information Processing & Management

“Reviews from previous edition: Provides a thorough overview of each of the three types of MARC formats-bibliographic, authority, and holdings.”–Library Journal --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited Inc (February 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872878139
• ISBN-13: 978-0872878136
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,637,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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