MARC (Metadata)

MARC Sites:

MARC Records, Systems, and Tools MARC Records, Systems, and Tools: Provides links to MARC vendors who market specialized tools that provide enhanced usability to MARC 21 records and systems. Includes both commercial and free tools. (MARC) http://www.loc.gov/marc/marctools.html MARC 21 - MARC formats for the 21st century MARC 21 - MARC formats for the 21st century: "MARC 21 is the result of the activity undertaken to align CAN/MARC and USMARC. It represents the continuation of the CAN/MARC and USMARC formats in a single edition with a new name." (MARC) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/19/s19-216-e.html MarcEdit MarcEdit: MarcEdit is a free windows based MARC editing tool, that provides methods for converting MARC to text, Text to MARC, MARC to XML and MARC to Dublin Core. (MARC) http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/ CAN/MARC home page CAN/MARC home page: "The Canadian MARC Communication Formats serve as the common standard for the exchange of machine-readable authority, bibliographic, classification, and holdings data in Canada." Includes news and announcements, CAN/MARC documentation, MARC Reco (MARC) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/6/19/index-e.html MARC.pm : Machine Readable Cataloging Perl Module MARC.pm : Machine Readable Cataloging Perl Module: A free Perl module for processing MARC records. (MARC) http://marcpm.sourceforge.net/ Medlane XMLMARC Medlane XMLMARC: Stanford University's Lane Medical Library details its experiment in using XML instead of MARC to organize its catalog data. (MARC) http://xmlmarc.stanford.edu/ UNIMARC UNIMARC: Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Programme (UBCIM). International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. (MARC) http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/ubcim.htm Bibliographic Formats and Standards Bibliographic Formats and Standards: An exhaustive guide to the MARC standard from OCLC. (MARC) http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/ Tag of the Month Tag of the Month: A guide to most MARC cataloging tags with examples and text explaining their usage. Useful to persons needing plain descriptions of MARC fields. From Follett Software Company. (MARC) http://www.fsc.follett.com/products/marctags/ Cataloging Cheat Sheet Cataloging Cheat Sheet: A fast guide to cataloguing an item in MARC format. Provides a concise guide to abbreviations and field tags used. Really only meaningful to someone fairly familiar with MARC, but a useful cheat sheet. (MARC) http://www.music.indiana.edu/tech_s/manuals/training/marc/bookcheat.html MARC Standards MARC Standards: Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office. Includes: general information, MARC documentation, MARC Advisory Committee, MARC SGML, records and systems, and software and utilities. (MARC) http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/