Library Cataloging
Field 440
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging has issued PCC Guidelines for Field 440 for implementing the recent decision to make field 440 obsolete. The PCC recommends that members implement this change beginning Oct 24, 2008.
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Ala Annual Marbi Meeting
Posted to many e-mail distribution lists.The following papers are available for review by the MARC community:Proposal No. 2008-06: Adding information associated with the Series Added Entry fields (800-830)Proposal No. 2008-07: Making field 440 (Series...
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Marc Advisory Committee Papers
The cover sheets for the proposals and discussion papers presented at the 2008 Midwinter meetings of the MARC Advisory Committee have been updated with the results of the discussions. They are available at:Proposal 2008-01: Representation of the Dewey...
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Ala Response To The Lc Series Decision
ALA has issued a statement on the decision of the Library of Congress's decision to stop creating series authority records.On behalf of its more than 66,000 members, the American Library Association expresses its dismay at the impact that Library...
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856
The Guidelines for the Use of Field 856 have been updated.This document gives guidelines on the use of field 856 and is current as of March 2003. It includes all changes made to the field through the midwinter ALA conference held in January 2003....
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Marc
The Tag of the Month is a great resource provided by Follett. Each month they provide an explanation of one MARC field with some examples. It can be nice when using a new field to read the LC, OCLC and this to get a better understanding of the field and...
Library Cataloging