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• 2 purpose of record formats
• 3 principles for design of record formats
• 4 definition of metadata
• 5 examples of MARC formats for books
• 6 fields in MARC formats
Fixed fields:
ID: record identifier (an RLIN field); the initial "DCLC" indicates that this record came from the Library of Congress.
RTYP: Record type (an RLIN field); c=cataloging data only.
ST: status of record in RLIN (an RLIN field); p=production record, fully indexed.
FRN: fuller record notification (an RLIN field); no longer used.
MS: MARC record status; c=corrected or revised.
EL: encoding level; blank=full level.
AD: add date; date the record was added to the database.
CC: cataloging category (an RLIN field); 9110=Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d edition (ACCR2), full level cataloging, full level of content designation (item in hand), Library of Congress MARC record.
BLT: bibliographic level and type; a=language material (type), m=monographic item (level).
DCF: descriptive cataloging form; a=AACR2.
CSC: cataloging source; blank=national bibliographic agency, such as the Library of Congress.
MOD: modified record; blank=not modified.
SNR: series numbering (an RLIN field); blank=not a series, or numbering not specified.
ATC: Analysis treatment codes (an RLIN field for analytics, i.e. parts of a larger document separately cataloged or indexed); blank=not applicable, not used
UD: update date.
CP: place of publication; nyu=New York State, United States.
L: language; eng=English.
INT: target audience (intellectual level); blank=unspecified.
GPC: government publication; blank=not a government publication.
BIO: biography; blank=not a biographical work.
FIC: literary form (fiction); 0=not fiction.
CON: nature of contents; b=bibliographies.
TOC: type of control (for archival materials).
PC: type of date [of publication]; s=single known/probable date.
PD: publication date(s).
REP: form of item (for reproductions); blank=not a reproduction.
CPI: conference publication; 0=not a conference publication.
FSI: festschrift; 0=not a festschrift.
ILC: illustrations; blank=no illustrations.
II: index; 1=index present.
Variable length fields:
010: Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN).
020: International Standard Book Number (ISBN), without the hyphens!
040: cataloging source; $c=transcribing agency; $d=modifying agency. In this record, all are DLC, the Library of Congress.
050 00: Library of Congress Classification notation; after the 3-digit tag are two "indicators"; the first 0=item in Library of Congress (LC); second 0=notation assigned by LC; the subfield code $b precedes the author number and date.
082 00: Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) notation; first indicator 0=full edition of DDC used; second indicator 0=assigned by LC; subfield code $2 precedes the edition (20th edition of DDC).
100 1: main entry heading — personal name, for the primary author; the indicator 1=surname; subfield code $d precedes author's birth date.
245 10: title statement; after the "/" and the subfield code $c comes the "statement of responsibility," i.e., the author(s) and or other responsible parties; the first indicator 1=title access required; the second indicator 0=no initial article, so do not skip any characters in sorting or arranging this title (if the title began with "The," this indicator would be 4=skip "the" plus the following space).
250: edition statement.
260: publication, distribution (imprint); the subfield code $b precedes the publisher; the subfield code $c precedes the date.
300: size (number of pages and height in centimeters); the subfield code $c precedes the height.
504: a note about the bibliography and index.
650 0: a subject heading; the first indicator is blank=no information about level of subject (primary vs. secondary); the second indicator is used for the source of the heading, in this case 0=Library of Congress Subject Headings.
• 7 MARC formats for authority records; for classification data
• 8 examples of MARC formats for name authorities
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• 12 MARC formats as digital communication formats
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• 14 websites for MARC formats
• 15 record formats for indexing and abstracting services versus MARC formats
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• 17 record formats for literature
• 19 fields in record formats for facets of literature
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• 21 record formats for rotated term syntax
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• 27 website for Dublin Core; metadata for Dublin Core website
• 28 purpose of Dublin Core
• 29 cataloging and indexing by document creators
• 30 metadata versus bibliographic records
• 31 core elements of Dublin Core
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• 35 metadata records using Dublin Core by Joseph (Michael)
• 36 number of metadata schemas
• 37 isolation versus consensus in metadata schemas
• 38 interoperability among metadata schemas
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• 40 standards for interoperability for metadata schemas
• 41 standards for interoperability for vocabulary data
• 42 Z39.50 standard for information retrieval protocols
• 43 examples of metadata schemas
• 44 fields in record formats for book indexes
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• 48 record formats for book indexes in electronic media
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