2. MARC
>is the acronym for MAchine-Readable Cataloging.
It defines a data format that emerged from a Library of Congress-led initiative that began
nearly forty years ago.
It provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use, and interpret bibliographic
information, and its data elements make up the foundation of most library catalogs used
today.
MARC became USMARC in the 1980s and MARC 21 in the late 1990s
3. Elements of the MARC Format
1.RECORD: The complete bibliographic information for one item.
EAXAMPLE:
245 00 Club Kaycee|h[computer file] :|bjazz sites & sounds from
the Sound Archives & music collections of the Miller Nichols
Library at the University of Missouri--Kansas City
2.FIELD: A specific element of cataloging information. For
example: The title field.
3.TAG: A three-digit code assigned to each type of field.
For example: 245 10 Gone with the wind (a title field)
4. 4.INDICATOR:
>One digit codes which expand on information
in tags. Each tag has 2 indicators.
These may or may not be defined.
EXAMPLE:
245 10 Gone with the wind
The 245 indicates the title field. The first indicator
or 1 indicates that the
title is traced.
The second indicator of 0 (zero) is a filing indicator
5. 5.NOTE:
>Indicators and subfield codes have meaning
only in relation to a particular tag or field and that
particular element
EXAMPLE: a 2nd indicator of 0 in the 245 field may
not have the same meaning as a 2nd indicator of 0 in
the 740 field.
6.Control Characters:
> Start-of-Message (SOM) symbol marks the start of data or a field
≠ Delimiter sign marks the start of a subfield
¶End-of-Message (EOM) symbol marks the end of data or a field
6. Type: a Elvl: I Source: - Audn: g Ctrl: - Lang: eng
BibL: m SpFm: - Conf: 0 Biog: - MRec: - Ctry: vtu
Cont: b GPub: - LitF: 0 Indx: 1
Desc: a Ills: a Fest: 0 DtSt: s Dates: 2000
MARC CODE CATALOGING ELEMENTS
7. 010 -- Library of Congress control number
020 -- International standard book number
037 -- Source of acquisition
040 -- Original source of cataloging $c Inputting library
041 1- Language code
050 -- Library of Congress call number
082 -- Dewey decimal call number
090 -- Locally assigned Library of Congress call number
092 -- Locally assigned Dewey call number
049 -- Local holdings
1xx -- Author main entry (personal, corporate or conference)
245 10 Title proper : $b Remainder of title / $c Statement of responsibility
246 -- Varying form of title
250 -- Edition statement
8. 260 -- Place of publication : $b Publisher, $c Date
300 -- Extent of item : $b Other physical details (illustrations, etc.) $c Dimensions
490 0- Series statement as transcribed from item
500 -- General notes
504 -- Bibliography, etc. note
505 -- Contents note
520 -- Summary, abstract, annotation, scope, etc. note
590 -- Local notes
6xx -- Subject access fields (added entries)
700-740 Added entry-Uncontrolled related/analytical title
800-740 Series added entry as established
9. MARC
>The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of
bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.
MARC Tags:
(008) Fixed fields
02x Reference number (ISBN, ISSN, manufacturer’s no.)
041 Language code
1xx Main entry (author, composer, corporate name)
24x Title
260 Publication info.
300 Physical description
4xx Series
5xx Notes (general, summaries, contents, access, etc.)
6xx Subjects
7xx Added entries (additional authors, titles, relational works)
856 Electronic location and access
10. Example of a MARC Bibliographic Record:
001 47809907
008 010820m1996uuuumouaco s 000 0 eng dnamIa
040 UMK|cUMK
245 00 Club Kaycee|h[computer file] :|bjazz sites & sounds from the Sound Archives & music collections of the
Miller Nichols Library at the University of Missouri--Kansas City.
260 Kansas City, Mo. :|bUniversity of Missouri--Kansas City,|cc1996-
500 Title from title screen; as viewed on Aug. 20, 2001.
520 Information about the jazz music and musicians in Kansas City.
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web via the Internet. System requirements for audio: RealAudioTM Player or
Player Plus.
650 0 Jazz|zMissouri|zKansas City.
650 0 Jazz|zKansas|zKansas City.
700 1 Haddix, Chuck.|4aut
710 2 University of Missouri--Kansas City.|bMarr Sound Archives.
856 41 |zAccess University of Missouri--Kansas City Web site|uhttp:// www.umkc.edu/orgs/kcjazz
12. Shared cataloging information -- shared bibliographic records -- has been a reality for a
number of years. Many librarians have chosen to maximize limited resources by
acquiring cataloging data rather than creating it themselves. For almost a century they
have been able to order sets of catalog cards for their new books from the Library of
Congress, or, more recently, from book jobbers.
Others typed their own cards, using the Cataloging in Publication (CIP) data found on
the verso of the title page of many books. Librarians also adapted the partial or full
cataloging records printed in library journals or in bibliographies.
As library automation technology changes and as cataloging needs change, the MARC 21
formats and related MARC 21 documentation are changing also. Although the MARC
format was originally developed by the Library of Congress and the MARC 21 format
documentation is maintained and published there, the Library does not make changes or
revisions unilaterally.
