Library Cataloging
Interpreting MARC: Where?s the Bibliographic Data? by by Jason Thomale appears in the latest code4lib Journal
I've just been reminded that there was a book covering this same topic written back in 1989. MARC for library use by Walt Crawford. Thomale does not reference the work. Crawford's book is an excellent read, well written. I need to get my copy autographed some day.
- Editor For Marc Records
Eclipse Editor for MARC Records by Bojana Dimi? Surla appears in the latest issue of Information Technology and Libraries. Editing bibliographic data is an important part of library information systems. In this paper we discuss existing approaches in...
- Marbi Papers Available For Review
Proposal 2012-02: Identifying Titles Related to the Entity Represented by the Authority Record in the MARC 21 Authority Format Proposal 2012-03: Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Proposal 2012-04: New data elements in the MARC 21 Authority...
- Marc Updates
LC has announced updates for the MARC manuals.Update 6: MARC 21 Format for Authority DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Classification DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Community InformationUpdate 6: MARC 21...
- Marc
I was just listening to a podcast from Web Essentials 05, where the speaker was asking about old data archives. He was discussing the problems of data migration, and archiving. It occurred to me I have data from the mid-1980s that I use often. I've...
- Marc 21 Lite
MARC 21 LITE is a subset of the MARC21 standard. It is intended to be used when the full MARC21 scheme would be too complex. It could be used by smaller libraries, for bibliographies, or material of an ephemeral nature.The MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic Format...
Library Cataloging
Anachronistic Assumptions About MARC
Interpreting MARC: Where?s the Bibliographic Data? by by Jason Thomale appears in the latest code4lib Journal
The MARC data format was created early in the history of digital computers. In this article, the author entertains the notion that viewing MARC from a modern technological perspective leads to interpretive problems such as a confusion of ?bibliographic data? with ?catalog records.? He explores this idea through examining a specific MARC interpretation task that he undertook early in his career and then revisited nearly four years later. Revising the code that performed the task confronted him with his own misconceptions about MARC that were rooted in his worldview about what he thought ?structured data? should be and helped him to place MARC in a more appropriate context.Lots of other good reading in the issue too.
I've just been reminded that there was a book covering this same topic written back in 1989. MARC for library use by Walt Crawford. Thomale does not reference the work. Crawford's book is an excellent read, well written. I need to get my copy autographed some day.
- Editor For Marc Records
Eclipse Editor for MARC Records by Bojana Dimi? Surla appears in the latest issue of Information Technology and Libraries. Editing bibliographic data is an important part of library information systems. In this paper we discuss existing approaches in...
- Marbi Papers Available For Review
Proposal 2012-02: Identifying Titles Related to the Entity Represented by the Authority Record in the MARC 21 Authority Format Proposal 2012-03: Data Provenance in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format Proposal 2012-04: New data elements in the MARC 21 Authority...
- Marc Updates
LC has announced updates for the MARC manuals.Update 6: MARC 21 Format for Authority DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Classification DataUpdate 6: MARC 21 Format for Community InformationUpdate 6: MARC 21...
- Marc
I was just listening to a podcast from Web Essentials 05, where the speaker was asking about old data archives. He was discussing the problems of data migration, and archiving. It occurred to me I have data from the mid-1980s that I use often. I've...
- Marc 21 Lite
MARC 21 LITE is a subset of the MARC21 standard. It is intended to be used when the full MARC21 scheme would be too complex. It could be used by smaller libraries, for bibliographies, or material of an ephemeral nature.The MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic Format...