marc21 cataloging: by the numbers

MARC21 Cataloging: By The Numbers

-or-  How Do I Communicate with an

OPAC?

We Will Not Teach You To Catalog

You Will Understand: 

A) What a MARC Record IsB) How It Works

C) Implications of Its Use

MARC RecordScreenshot from http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/um11to12.html 10-20-2009

So What?

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Real World Connections

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Bibliographic or Holding?

MARC (or properly MARC21) has FIVE different types of records - we deal with 2 of them

primarily as librarians  

MARC BibliographicMARC Holding Records.

MARC Bibliographic

Record(Title Record)

MARC HoldingRecord(Actual Book Copy)

MARC HoldingRecord

MARC HoldingRecord

Fields Are Not...

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Field Tags & Indicators...Oh My!

Field Tag

Indicator

Main Entry

Access Points Are Key

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Where Does Cataloging Come From?KEY TERMS

 -MARC21

 -AACR2

 -Library of Congress Classification (LoC)

 -Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

 -Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC22)

 -Sears Subject Headings (SSH)

Why Not Create Cataloging Intuitively?

How Do You Find Stuff in a Library?

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Subject Headings

-Are Added Entries (Searchable) -Controlled Vocabulary -LCSH or Sears Subject Headings (School Libraries generally use Sears)

Take Away Point

Every aspect of a MARC record is controlled by an outside authority - DDC22, Sears Subject Headings, MARC21, AACR2 for most school

libraries.

No Authority Control = Ineffective OPAC

Copy Cataloging

MARC Magician

Visual Interface

Follett MARC Editor

Importing

Bibliography

Cartographic materials a manual of interpretation for AACR2, 2002 revision. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003. Print. Dewey, Melvil. Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2004. Print. Dewey, Melvil. Dewey decimal classification and relative index. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 2003. Print.

Bibliography (cont'd)

Michael, Gorman,. Concise AACR2. Chicago: American Library Association, Canadian Library Association, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, 2004. Print. Sears List of Subject Headings. New York: Hw Wilson Co, 2007. Print."Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging." Library of Congress Home. 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/>.