Library Cataloging
Adding Coordinates to Authority Records
The proposal to add coordinates to authority records passed.
MARC PROPOSAL NO. 2006-06 Definition of field 034 for geographic coordinates in the MARC 21 Authority Format.
This paper proposes the addition of field 034 to authority records for geographic coordinates associated with places. This field would eventually form the basis for coordinates-based retrieval of all cataloged records containing those geographic terms.
Authority
Coordinates
-
Updated Cover Sheets For Marc Proposals And Discussion Papers
From LC's Network Development and MARC Standards Office. The cover sheets for the proposals and discussion paper presented at the 2011 Annual meetings of the MARC Advisory Committee have been updated with the results of the discussions. They are available...
-
Marbi Papers Available For Review
Proposal 2011-02: RDA Production, Publication, Distribution and Manufacture Statements in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format (http://www.loc.gov/marc/marbi/2011/2011-02.html) Proposal 2011-03: Encoding Date of Copyright Notice in the MARC 21 Bibliographic...
-
Name Authority Records Enhanced With Geographic Coordinates
News from LC.The Library of Congress has recently entered into a cooperative project with OCLC to receive and distribute revised name authority records for jurisdictions that will add geographic coordinates in 034 fields (Coded Cartographic Mathematical...
-
Marbi Papers @ Ala
The following papers are available for review by the MARC community:Proposal No. 2006-06: Definition of Field 034 for Geographic Coordinates in the MARC 21 Authority FormatProposal No. 2006-07: Definition of subfield $u (URI) in Field 852 (Location) in...
-
Marbi Discussion Papers
The following discussion papers are available for review by the MARC community. They will be discussed at the Midwinter 2006 ALA meetings in San Antonio.Discussion Paper 2006-DP01: Recording geographic coordinates in the MARC 21 Authority FormatDiscussion...
Library Cataloging