MARC: What You Really Need to Know About This Stuff!

Audrey Church

Designed for those library media specialists who learned to catalog prior to MARC! This session will address the basic elements of a MARC record, how to evaluate and enhance purchased MARC records to include the elements your patrons need!

GENERAL MATERIAL DESIGNATIONS:

*from Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., 1998 Revision, p. 21

Acceptable GMDs:

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  • activity card
  • art original
  • art reproduction
  • braille
  • chart
  • diorama
  • electronic resource
  • filmstrip
  • flash card
  • game
  • globe
  • kit
  • manuscript
  • map
  • microform
  • microscope slide
  • model
  • motion picture
  • music
  • picture
  • realia
  • slide
  • sound recording
  • technical drawing
  • text
  • toy
  • transparency
  • videorecording

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COMMONLY USED MARC FIELDS:

  • 010—LC number
  • 020—ISBN
  • 082—Suggested Dewey Decimal classification number
  • 100—Main entry—personal name
  • 110—Main entry—corporate name
  • 240—Uniform title
  • 245—Title and statement of responsibility
  • 246—Variant form of title
  • 250—Edition
  • 260—Publishing information
  • 300—Physical description
  • 440—Series statement—added entry – title
  • 500—General note
  • 504—Bibliographical reference note
  • 505—Formatted contents note
  • 508—Creation/production credits note
  • 510—Reviews note
  • 511—Participant/performer note
  • 520—Summary note
  • 521—Target audience note
  • 526—Study program note
  • 538—System details and requirements note
  • 586—Awards note
  • 600—Subject heading—personal name
  • 650—Subject heading—topical term
  • 651—Subject heading—geographic name
  • 658—Curriculum objective
  • 700—Added entry—personal name
  • 710—Added entry—corporate name
  • 856—Electronic location and access

SAMPLE 300 FIELD FOR VARIOUS MATERIALS:

Book:

No GMD

Olivia, by Ian Falconer

  • 300a1 v. (unpaged) :
  • 300bcol. ill. ;
  • 300c28 cm.

Videorecording: Videocassette

[videorecording] in 245h

Old Yeller

  • 300a1 videocassette (84 min.):
  • 300bsd., col. ;
  • 300c½ in.

Electronic Resources: CD-ROM

[electronic resource] in 245h

Oregon Trail

  • 300a 6 electronic optical discs :
  • 300bsd., col. ;
  • 300c4 ¾ in.

Sound Recording: Audiocassette

[sound recording] in 245h

Math in Motion

  • 300a1 sound cassette (30 min.) :
  • 300banalog
  • 300cleave blank for sound cassettes

Sound Recording: Audio CD

[sound recording] in 245h

Country goes Raffi

  • 300a1 sound disc :
  • 300bdigital ;
  • 300c4 ¾ in.

RESOURCES (print):

Byrne, Deborah J. MARC Manual: Understanding and Using MARC Records. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

McCroskey, Marilyn. Cataloging Nonbook Materials with AACR2R and MARC: A Guide to the School Library Media Specialist. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Piepenburg, Scott. Easy MARC: Incorporating Format Integration. 3rd ed. F & W Associates, 1999.

Piepenburg, Scott. MARC Authority Records: A Simplified Guide to Creating Authority Records for Library Automation Systems. F & W Associates, 2000.

RESOURCES (online):

AASL Resource Guides for School Library Media Program Development: Cataloging and Classification

Cataloging Resources for School Libraries: Librarians Information Online Network

Follett’s Tag of the Month

Library of Congress Online Catalog

MARC Standards, Library of Congress

SUNLINK: Florida’s Union Catalog of Public School Libraries

Titlewave

Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging

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