Brief MARC Records for Book or Large Print Book

C/W template briefbib01: Book brief bib record

or

C/W template briefbib02: Large print brief bib record

The REQUIRED FIELDS are AUTHOR, TITLE, IMPRINT and DESCRIPTION. ISBN or LCCN and EDITION are required if present.These templates make actual MARC records BUT you do NOT need to put in the subfield codes.

ISBN/ISSN:10 digit number without hyphens. (required if on item). DO NOT ENTER NONE or N/A. DO NOT USE THIS FIELD FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ISBN. Never, ever, enter an ISBN that is already in the database.

LC Card #:10 digits adding zeroes between year and rest of number to make up 10 digits (i.e. 2008001234). (required if on item). LCCNs before 2000are only 8 digit numbers (i.e. 99000123)

Author:Last name, First name. IMPORTANT! USE AUTHORIZED FORM OF NAME, (required unless main entry is under the title). Enter editors or the first of multiple authors in the ALT AUTHOR field.

Title:Title: subtitle. (required) You can enter the initial articles. The system will automatically create the correct MARC indicator and enter the “skip” code in the bibliographic record grid. DO NOT INCLUDE STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY as it will become part of the title.

Edition:Enter edition statements such as 2nd ed.; Rev. ed.; Large print ed. ; 1st paperback ed.; Book Club ed. (required if stated on book)

Imprint:Place of Publication : Publisher, Date. (required).

Description:Pages : ill. (if any) ; size (height) in centimeters. If unpaged enter as 1 v. (unpaged). (required)

Note:Enter note(s) as appropriate, such as Includes index, or Includes bibliography and index. (OPTIONAL)

Subject:Subject of book (OPTIONAL). You do not need to use subfield codes, just use dashes.

Alt Author:Add entry for joint author, illustrator, editor. (required if main entry is under title and this is used for editor, etc.). USE AUTHORIZED FORM OF NAME.

Add Title:An additional title can be entered if you think patrons or staff might access the book by the subtitle or series statement as part of the title. DO NOT ENTER INITIAL ARTICLES IN THIS FIELD in this field as the system does not supply a “skip” code here.