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How MARC21 Works

Princeton University Library. How MARC21 Works. Understanding MARC Bibliographic. Eduardo Tenenbaum Cotsen Children’s Library Cataloger etenenba@princeton.edu. Workshop contents. Part 1. The Bibliographic Record Basics of ISBD description

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How MARC21 Works

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  1. Princeton University Library How MARC21 Works Understanding MARC Bibliographic Eduardo Tenenbaum Cotsen Children’s Library Cataloger etenenba@princeton.edu

  2. Workshop contents • Part 1. The Bibliographic Record • Basics of ISBD description • The bibliographic record and user tasks of the catalog • Part 2. MARC and the bibliographic record • MARC elements • Description fields • Controlled access points There will be short practice drills as we go along. A list of online resources will follow the presentation. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  3. Workshop goals • Identify the main elements in the MARC bibliographic format • Understand how MARC encodes bibliographic content • Learn strategies for “reading” a MARC record • On the more subjective side— • Make MARC work for you • Become a smarter user of the catalog Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  4. Part 1 The Bibliographic Record

  5. The Bibliographic Record • The description of an item of recorded information, which includes all the data necessary to uniquely identify it, together with access points. For records entered into an online catalog, the MARC format is generally used. Bibliographic description is based on an internationally agreed standard (ISBD) Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  6. The Bib Record and the Library Catalog • Find • Identify • Select • Acquire • Navigate Every element of the bibliographic record supports the user tasks of the catalog Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  7. Access Points (Used to identify and collocate an item) Uncontrolled Title proper Place of publication Year Controlled Names Personal Corporate Conference Geographic Uniform titles Topical terms Bibliographic Description (Used to uniquely identify an item) Title and statement of responsibility Edition Material of physical medium Publication and manufacturing Physical description Series Notes of useful information Standard numbers Description and Access: Summary Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  8. Catalog cards now have other uses … • … but the fundamentals of description and access remain. cARTalog Collection, Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  9. Part 2 The Bibliographic Record and MARC

  10. Catalog card similar to OPAC display Long View Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  11. OPAC display derived from MARC record Staff View Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  12. MARC Formats (Bibliographic) • Bibliographic Record Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  13. MARC Formats (Holdings) • Holdings Record Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  14. MARC Formats (Authority 1) • Authority Record Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  15. MARC Formats (Authority 2) • Authority record with many name variants Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  16. Reading a MARC record Not from top left to bottom right … but from the center out. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  17. MARC Elements • 24514‡a The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history / ‡c Robert Darnton. • 250##‡a 1st Vintage Books ed. • 260##‡a New York : ‡b Vintage Books, ‡c 1985. • 300##‡a xiii, 298 p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 21 cm. • 504##‡a Includes bibliographical references and index. FIELD TAG INDICATOR DELIMITER SUBFIELD CODE Zeroing in on ISBD description fields Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  18. Title and statement of responsibility • 1001#‡a Darnton, Robert. • 24514‡a The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history / ‡c Robert Darnton. • 1001#‡a Darnton, Robert. • 24010‡a Great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history. ‡l French • 24513‡a La massacre de chats : ‡b attitudes et croyances dans l’ancienne France / ‡c Robert Darnton ; traduit de l’américain par Marie-Allyx Revellat. • . . . • 7001#‡a Revellat, Marie-Allyx, ‡e tr. • 1001#‡a Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, ‡d 1547-1616. • 24010‡a Coloquio de los perros. ‡l English & Spanish • 24514‡a The dialogue of the dogs = ‡b El coloquio de los perros / ‡c Miguel de Cervantes ; translated by William Rowlandson. FIELD TAGINDICATORDELIMITERSUBFIELD CODE Examples of field 245 (ISBD area 1) with personal name and uniform title. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  19. Note fields • 500##‡a Includes index. • 502##‡a Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 2008. • 504##‡a Bibliography: p. 246-287. • 50500‡t Europe -- ‡t Asia -- ‡t North America -- ‡t South America. • 5104#‡a ESTC ‡c R211806 • 520##‡a An illustrated collection of poems set to music. • 546##‡a Parallel text in French and English. • FIELD TAGINDICATORDELIMITERSUBFIELD CODE • Examples of fields 5XX (ISBD area 7). Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  20. Review (1) • 1001#‡a Darnton, Robert. • 24514‡a The great cat massacre and other episodes in French cultural history / ‡c Robert Darnton. • 250##‡a 1st Vintage Books ed. • 260##‡a New York : ‡b Vintage Books, ‡c 1985. • 300##‡a xiii, 298 p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 21 cm. • 504##‡a Includes bibliographical references and index. • 650#0‡a [Topical subject heading not yet covered] • FIELD TAGINDICATORDELIMITERSUBFIELD CODE • Description fields 245-5XX with field 100 main entry. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  21. Review (2) Title proper = Parallel title : other title information / first statement of responsibility ; each subsequent statement of responsibility. -- Edition statement / first statement of responsibility relating to the edition. -- First place of publication, etc. : First publisher, etc, date of publication, etc. -- Extent of item : other physical details ; dimensions. -- (Title proper of series / statement of responsibility relating to series) -- Note(s). -- Standard number. Second level description [modified]: AACR2, 1.0D2. ISBD description areas written out in card catalog form. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  22. Review (2) 020##‡a 13-digit ISBN 245XX‡a Title = ‡b Parallel title : other title information / ‡c first statement of responsibility ; each subsequent statement of responsibility. 250##‡a Edition statement / ‡b first statement of responsibility relating to the edition. 260##‡a First place of publication, etc. : ‡b First publisher, etc, ‡c date of publication, etc. 300##‡a Extent of item : ‡b other physical details ; ‡c dimensions. 4900#‡a Title proper of series / statement of responsibility relating to series ; ‡v series vol. no. 500##‡a Note(s). ISBD description areas written out and coded in MARC format. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  23. Quiz • XXX1#‡a Travers, P. L. ‡q (Pamela Lyndon),‡d 1899-1996. • XXX10‡a Mary Poppins from A to Z. ‡l Latin • XXX10‡a Maria Poppina ab A ad Z / ‡c scripta a P.L. Travers ; picturas delineavit Mary Shepard ; latine reddidit G.M. Lyne • XXX##‡a London : ‡b Collins ; ‡c 1968 cm. • XXX##‡a [56] p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 20 cm. • XXX##‡a Features twenty-six vignettes, one for each letter of the alphabet, starring Mary Poppins and other characters from the Mary Poppins novels. • XXX##‡a Latin translation of: Mary Poppins from A to Z. • Identify the correct TAG for each field in the record. • Hints: 240 546 500 300 260 100 245 • FIELD TAGINDICATORDELIMITERSUBFIELD CODE Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  24. Tags should look like this … 1001#‡a Travers, P. L. ‡q (Pamela Lyndon),‡d 1899-1996. 24010‡a Mary Poppins from A to Z. ‡l Latin 24510‡a Maria Poppina ab A ad Z / ‡c scripta a P.L. Travers ; picturas delineavit Mary Shepard ; latine reddidit G.M. Lyne 260##‡a London : ‡b Collins ; ‡c 1968 cm. 300##‡a [56] p. : ‡b ill. ; ‡c 20 cm. 500##‡a Features twenty-six vignettes, one for each letter of the alphabet, starring Mary Poppins and other characters from the Mary Poppins novels. 546##‡a Latin translation of: Mary Poppins from A to Z. FIELD TAGINDICATORDELIMITERSUBFIELD CODE Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  25. Controlled access points • 0XX Control information, numbers and codes • 1XX Main entry • 2XX Titles and title paragraph (title, edition, imprint) • 3XX Physical description, etc. • 4XX Series statements • 5XX Notes • 6XX Subject access fields • 7XX Added entries other than subject or series; linking fields • 8XX Series added entries; location, and alternate graphics • 9XX Reserved for local implementation MARC bibliographic format blocks Fields under authority control marked inred Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  26. Parallel content • X00 Personal names • X10 Corporate names • X11 Meeting names • X30 Uniform titles • X40 Bibliographic titles • X50 Topical terms • X51 Geographic names Parallel tag construction for fields requiring authority control Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  27. Parallel content • X00 Personal names • X10 Corporate names • X11 Meeting names • X30 Uniform titles • X40 Bibliographic titles • X50 Topical terms • X51 Geographic names 1001#‡a Barker, Stuart, ‡d 1970- A book written by Stuart Barker … Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  28. Parallel content • X00 Personal names • X10 Corporate names • X11 Meeting names • X30 Uniform titles • X40 Bibliographic titles • X50 Topical terms • X51 Geographic names 1001#‡a Barker, Stuart, ‡d 1970- 60010‡a Knievel, Evel ‡d 1938-2007. … about the person Evel Knievel … Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  29. Parallel content • X00 Personal names • X10 Corporate names • X11 Meeting names • X30 Uniform titles • X40 Bibliographic titles • X50 Topical terms • X51 Geographic names 1001#‡a Barker, Stuart, ‡d 1970- 60010‡a Knievel, Evel ‡d 1938-2007. 650#0‡a Stunt cycling ‡z United States ‡v Biography. … on the topic of stunt cycling in the United States … Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  30. Parallel content • X00 Personal names • X10 Corporate names • X11 Meeting names • X30 Uniform titles • X40 Bibliographic titles • X50 Topical terms • X51 Geographic names 1001#‡a Barker, Stuart, ‡d 1970- 60010‡a Knievel, Evel ‡d 1938-2007. 650#0‡a Stunt cycling ‡z United States ‡v Biography. 7102#‡a St. Martin’s Press. … published by St. Martin’s Press. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  31. Quiz • XXXxx‡a Rowling, J. K. • [Author of: Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone] • XXXxx‡a GrandPré, Mary. • [Illustrator of: Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone] • XXXxx‡a Bible. ‡p O.T. ‡p Haggai • [Text of a book from the Bible] • XXXxx‡a Bible. ‡p O.T. ‡p Haggai • [Commentary on this text] • XXXxx‡a Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) • XXXxx‡a J. Harris and Son • [Author of: Harris’ instructive and amusing publications] Identify the correct TAG for each field Hints: 110 100 630 700 650 130 Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  32. Tags should look like this … 1001#‡a Rowling, J. K. [Author of: Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone] 7001#‡a GrandPré, Mary. [Illustrator of: Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone] 1300#‡a Bible. ‡p O.T. ‡p Haggai [Text of a book from the Bible] 63000‡a Bible. ‡p O.T. ‡p Haggai [Commentary on this text] 650#0‡a Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) 1102#‡a J. Harris and Son [Author of: Harris’ instructive and amusing publications] Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  33. Take-home exercise 1 Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  34. Take-home exercise 2 Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  35. Take-home exercise 3 Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  36. Web resources • Understanding MARC bibliographic • http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/ • Clear and concise overview of (nearly) everything MARC. • Online Dictionary for Information Science • http://lu.com/odlis/index.cfm • A useful LIS dictionary with many examples and external links. • OCLC Bibliographic formats and standards • http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/ • Essential reference for all catalogers. • Library of Congress. MARC standards • http://www.loc.gov/marc/ • Much more than just MARC. Essential reference. Understanding MARC Bibliographic

  37. Thank you! • Contact info: • Eduardo Tenenbaum • etenenba@princeton.edu Understanding MARC Bibliographic

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