Library Cataloging
Over on AUTOCAT there has been much discussion about the Guidelines on Subject Access to individual works of Fiction, Drama, etc. lately. As I've mentioned before, the MARC authority records for these terms are freely available. Would encoding them in XML make them a more useful resource on the Web? The essay by Lorcan Dempsey just got me thinking. Thanks to all those who are making them freely available to all.
- Marc At Midwinter
The cover sheets for the proposals and discussion paper presented at the ALA 2013 Midwinter meetings of the MARC Advisory Committee have been updated with the results of the discussions. They are available at: Proposal 2013-01:Identifying Titles Related...
- Marbi Papers And Agenda Available For Review
Proposal 2013-01: Identifying Titles Related to the Entity Represented by the Authority Record in the MARC 21 Authority Format Proposal 2013-02: New Fields to Accommodate Authority Records for Medium of Performance Vocabulary for Music in the MARC 21...
- Marbi Papers For Review
The following papers are available for review by the MARC community:Proposal 2010-01:Defining codes for online and direct access electronic resources in 008/23 and 008/29 (Form of item)Proposal 2010-02: Addition of subfield $5 (Institution to which field...
- Genre/form Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there has been discussion about form and genre headings, what to use since LC doesn't have any 155 authority records. There have been suggestions about GSAFD, AAT, using LC subject headings as the form heading also. A new, to me anyway,...
- Marc
The new Understanding MARC Authority Records is now available from the Library of Congress. Understanding Marc Authority introduces the MARC 21 authority format to librarians and students who are not familiar with MARC 21 authority records. Although it...
Library Cataloging
MARC Authority Records
Over on AUTOCAT there has been much discussion about the Guidelines on Subject Access to individual works of Fiction, Drama, etc. lately. As I've mentioned before, the MARC authority records for these terms are freely available. Would encoding them in XML make them a more useful resource on the Web? The essay by Lorcan Dempsey just got me thinking. Thanks to all those who are making them freely available to all.
- Marc At Midwinter
The cover sheets for the proposals and discussion paper presented at the ALA 2013 Midwinter meetings of the MARC Advisory Committee have been updated with the results of the discussions. They are available at: Proposal 2013-01:Identifying Titles Related...
- Marbi Papers And Agenda Available For Review
Proposal 2013-01: Identifying Titles Related to the Entity Represented by the Authority Record in the MARC 21 Authority Format Proposal 2013-02: New Fields to Accommodate Authority Records for Medium of Performance Vocabulary for Music in the MARC 21...
- Marbi Papers For Review
The following papers are available for review by the MARC community:Proposal 2010-01:Defining codes for online and direct access electronic resources in 008/23 and 008/29 (Form of item)Proposal 2010-02: Addition of subfield $5 (Institution to which field...
- Genre/form Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there has been discussion about form and genre headings, what to use since LC doesn't have any 155 authority records. There have been suggestions about GSAFD, AAT, using LC subject headings as the form heading also. A new, to me anyway,...
- Marc
The new Understanding MARC Authority Records is now available from the Library of Congress. Understanding Marc Authority introduces the MARC 21 authority format to librarians and students who are not familiar with MARC 21 authority records. Although it...