Library Cataloging
A few days ago I mentioned the UNT MARC study of field usage in MARC records. It seems a similar study was done in 1997 in Germany. They found 33 elements that appeared in more than 1% of the records. Only 5 fields were used in 100% of the records (245, 260, 300, 050, 008). The study was of over 4 million records from LC, the UNT study is using a much larger sample and breaking it down to the subfields. Still using the Walt Crawford, study in 1988, the German study in 1997 and the UNT study will give us a view over time. Someone strong in statistics could combine the studies to do a meta-analysis. The German study is in German, naturally, but since MARC uses numeric tags, even those of us not able to read German can grasp some of the results.
MARC
- Corporate Body Publications
Using CWA to Frame an Investigation into the Use of Corporate Body Publications by Kari Holland appears in the latest issue of the Bulletin of asis&t.This article describes a study that looks at how researchers in forest science, oceanography and fishery...
- Project Gutenberg And Marc Records
You Can Be Part of the Selection Process. Project Gutenberg would like your library to join our MARC record testing programYou and your library can choose the eBooks in this testing program, and can make sure eBook MARC records for these eBooks meet your...
- Subject Headings
The paper "Subject headings for OCLC rare book records: a case study" by Edna McClellan appears in the latest OCLC Systems & Services v. 19 no. 3.This study presents an overview of the quality of 232 OCLC rare book cataloging records. Of the 232 records,...
- Marc And Frbr
Data mining MARC to find: FRBR? by Knut Hegna and Knut Hegna is an interesting read.In this project MARC data from two national bibliographies is analyzed in the light of the data model presented in the FRBR study from IFLA. The analysis shows that even...
- Functional Requirements For Bibliographic Records
The Network Development and MARC Standards Office has made available the study, "Displays for Multiple Versions from MARC 21 and FRBR." It is based on an analysis prepared by Tom Delsey as part of the "Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic...
Library Cataloging
MARC Field Usage
A few days ago I mentioned the UNT MARC study of field usage in MARC records. It seems a similar study was done in 1997 in Germany. They found 33 elements that appeared in more than 1% of the records. Only 5 fields were used in 100% of the records (245, 260, 300, 050, 008). The study was of over 4 million records from LC, the UNT study is using a much larger sample and breaking it down to the subfields. Still using the Walt Crawford, study in 1988, the German study in 1997 and the UNT study will give us a view over time. Someone strong in statistics could combine the studies to do a meta-analysis. The German study is in German, naturally, but since MARC uses numeric tags, even those of us not able to read German can grasp some of the results.
MARC
- Corporate Body Publications
Using CWA to Frame an Investigation into the Use of Corporate Body Publications by Kari Holland appears in the latest issue of the Bulletin of asis&t.This article describes a study that looks at how researchers in forest science, oceanography and fishery...
- Project Gutenberg And Marc Records
You Can Be Part of the Selection Process. Project Gutenberg would like your library to join our MARC record testing programYou and your library can choose the eBooks in this testing program, and can make sure eBook MARC records for these eBooks meet your...
- Subject Headings
The paper "Subject headings for OCLC rare book records: a case study" by Edna McClellan appears in the latest OCLC Systems & Services v. 19 no. 3.This study presents an overview of the quality of 232 OCLC rare book cataloging records. Of the 232 records,...
- Marc And Frbr
Data mining MARC to find: FRBR? by Knut Hegna and Knut Hegna is an interesting read.In this project MARC data from two national bibliographies is analyzed in the light of the data model presented in the FRBR study from IFLA. The analysis shows that even...
- Functional Requirements For Bibliographic Records
The Network Development and MARC Standards Office has made available the study, "Displays for Multiple Versions from MARC 21 and FRBR." It is based on an analysis prepared by Tom Delsey as part of the "Functional Analysis of the MARC 21 Bibliographic...