Transcript MARC 101 for Non

MARC 101
for Non-Catalogers
Colorado Horizon Users Group Meeting
Philip S. Miller Library
Castle Rock, CO
May 29, 2007
What Am I In For Today?
You’re going to:
• Hear a very basic definition and description of
MARC
• Learn how to view a MARC record in Horizon
StafPac
• Discover the location and meaning of various
elements of a MARC record
• Find out how a MARC record works together
with Horizon indexing
What’s MARC?
• An acronym for MAchine –Readable
Cataloging
• A solution for storing massive amounts of
electronic data in a compact format
• A standardized structure for the storage and
presentation of bibliographic information
How Can I View a MARC
Record in StafPac?
• Retrieve a record
• Click on the “Window” menu
• Choose “Alternate Bib Display Views”
• One option gives a “labeled” display and the other
is a “MARC” display
MARC Record Elements
• Leader – labeled as the 000 field
• Fixed fields – chiefly the 008 field for books and the
007 and 008 fields for AV materials
• Variable fields – all the remaining fields that display
below the 008
The Leader
• In Horizon StafPac the “leader” information
appears in the 000 field
The Leader – Why Might I Care?
After the numerical digits you will see 3
alphabetic characters. The 2nd and 3rd
characters will affect the indexes in which this
title will be visible
The Leader:
2nd Alphabetic Character
This character controls several title indexes,
such as:
– Audio Book Title indexes (value = i)
– Music Title Browse (value = j)
– Video, VHS and DVD Title indexes (value = g)
The Leader:
3rd Alphabetic Character
This character controls what you will retrieve
in other title indexes, such as:
– Serial title indexes (value = s)
– Journal/Newspaper Title Browse (value = s)
The 008 Field – What’s in there?
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The date the record was created
The date or dates associated with the item
The country (and state) of publication
The target audience
The type of illustrations
The inclusion of bibliographical references
The inclusion of an index
An indication as to biographical content
The language of the text
Variable Fields
02x Fields: Standard Numbers
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020 ISBN (ISBN/ISSN exact)
022 ISSN (ISBN/ISSN exact)
024 UPC code (UPC exact)
028 Publisher’s number (Music number exact)
04x Fields: Cryptic Codes
• 040 Cataloging agency
• DLC – Library of Congress
• Be familiar with your local library symbol
• 041 Languages
• Subfield a = languages of soundtracks
• Subfield b = languages of subtitles & captions
• Subfield h = language of the original work
• 043 Geographic codes
Call Number Fields
• 050 Library of Congress classification number
• 082 Dewey Decimal classification number
• 092 or 090 or 099 Locally assigned call numbers
Author Fields
• 100 and 700 – Personal authors
• 110 and 710 – Corporate authors
• 130 and 730 – Uniform titles – for example:
• Mother Goose
• Bible
• Names of motion pictures and television programs
These fields are chiefly searchable in Author
Browse, Author Keyword searches.
However, uniform titles (130 and 730 fields) are
also searchable in the Title/Uniform Title Browse
Index
Title Fields
• 245 – the title, as it appears on the title page
• 246 – other title variations (such as a cover title or a spine title, to
name just a couple of possibilities)
• 240 – Uniform titles (original title of the work)
• 740 – titles that are components of the whole piece – for example:
• Short story titles
• Television episode titles
• Musical composition titles
These fields are chiefly indexed in the various Title
Browse and Title Keyword indexes
However, the 240 field is only available in the
Title/Uniform Title index
Series Fields
• 490 – Series statement as it appears on the item being
described
• 440 and 830 – Series titles, as they have been uniformly
established
• 800 – Series associated with a particular author
These fields are chiefly searchable in the Series
Browse, Series Keyword and Title/Uniform Title
Browse indexes
Notes Fields –
Not Indexed, But of Interest
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500 – General notes
504 – Bibliography notes
538 – Specifics about the physical format
546 – Language notes
590 – Local information
Notes Fields –
Indexed and Keyword Searchable
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505 – Contents (general keyword)
508 – Credits (author keyword)
511 – Performers (author keyword)
520 – Summary (general keyword)
521 – Target audience (target audience keyword)
586 – Awards note (awards note keyword or general
keyword)
Subject Fields
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600 Personal names
610 Corporate names
630 Uniform titles (e.g. books about a movie or TV show)
650 Topical headings
651 Geographical headings
655 Genres
690 Local headings
These fields are chiefly searchable in the Subject
Browse and Subject Keyword indexes.
Other Fields
• 250 Edition field – not indexed
• Audiobooks – Unabridged vs. Abridged
• DVDs – Widescreen vs. Full Screen
• 260 Publisher information
• Subfield a – Place of publication
• Subfield b – Publisher name (indexed in the Publisher
Keyword index)
• Subfield c – Date of publication and/or copyright
• 300 Physical description – not indexed
If You Have a MARC Question …
…that we haven’t had time to cover here, you can:
• Contact your own friendly and helpful cataloging staff
• Delve into a MARC tutorial at:
• http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/
• Contact Donna Spearman at:
• [email protected]
• (303) 404-5118