Library Cataloging
The latest issue of Information Technology & Libraries has the article "MARC It Your Way: MARC.pm" by Anne Highsmith ... [et al.], abstract available. MARC.pm is an Open Source tool for tasks with MARC records. It is very adaptable, and the article gives some examples. Chuck Bearden, one of the developers, was one of my classmates in the MLS program at the University of North Texas.
- Web2marc Generator
Seen on Cataloging Futures the Web2Marc Generator. The Web2Marc Generator is a simple tool that generates MARC or MODS records for websites. This tool is useful for librarians who are interested in adding web resources to their library catalogs.I'd...
- Marc Tool, File_marc
Here is a new MARC tool, File_MARC, announced at Code4Lib.This package enables you to read existing MARC records from a file, string, or (using the YAZ extension), from a Z39.50 source. You can also use this package to create new MARC records.This package...
- Marc Tools
In a few weeks I'm giving a talk on MARC tools.There are many free tools available to perform specific tasks on MARC records. Proper use of these tools will help to eliminate improper coding, clean up of catalogs, or transform records into another...
- Marc And Metadata
Call for articles: Special issue of Library Hi Tech titled: MARC and Metadata: Future Developments and RelationshipsThis is a call for articles for a special issue of Library Hi Tech devoted to the topic of MARC and metadata standards/initiatives that...
- Marc
LJ has the article MARC Must Die by Roy Tennant. He says that the numbered tags are a problem. I like to think of them as language independent. He suggests that XML may be a replacement. However, XML records are very much larger and XML only specifies...
Library Cataloging
MARC Tool
The latest issue of Information Technology & Libraries has the article "MARC It Your Way: MARC.pm" by Anne Highsmith ... [et al.], abstract available. MARC.pm is an Open Source tool for tasks with MARC records. It is very adaptable, and the article gives some examples. Chuck Bearden, one of the developers, was one of my classmates in the MLS program at the University of North Texas.
- Web2marc Generator
Seen on Cataloging Futures the Web2Marc Generator. The Web2Marc Generator is a simple tool that generates MARC or MODS records for websites. This tool is useful for librarians who are interested in adding web resources to their library catalogs.I'd...
- Marc Tool, File_marc
Here is a new MARC tool, File_MARC, announced at Code4Lib.This package enables you to read existing MARC records from a file, string, or (using the YAZ extension), from a Z39.50 source. You can also use this package to create new MARC records.This package...
- Marc Tools
In a few weeks I'm giving a talk on MARC tools.There are many free tools available to perform specific tasks on MARC records. Proper use of these tools will help to eliminate improper coding, clean up of catalogs, or transform records into another...
- Marc And Metadata
Call for articles: Special issue of Library Hi Tech titled: MARC and Metadata: Future Developments and RelationshipsThis is a call for articles for a special issue of Library Hi Tech devoted to the topic of MARC and metadata standards/initiatives that...
- Marc
LJ has the article MARC Must Die by Roy Tennant. He says that the numbered tags are a problem. I like to think of them as language independent. He suggests that XML may be a replacement. However, XML records are very much larger and XML only specifies...