MARC21 In
Your Library
An
Introduction to MARC21 and How it is Meant to Work in
your Library Automation System
This
course is an introduction to MARC21 and how it is meant to work in a library automation
system. It explains what the MARC standards are and how those standards tie in
with our cataloging rules (AACR) to help catalogers create data that will
function effectively in a library catalog.
Part One—MARC and Bibliographic information: The
underlying fundamentals
Part one of this workshop
consists of a series of nine, free, webcasts or web-based, self-paced,
mini-courses, available below.
Click on the links below,
in the order below, to begin or re-join a session (best viewed using Internet
Explorer as your browser).
Part One Sessions
1.1 Bibliographic
information—What is it? (Self-paced,
approx. 25 min.)
1.2 Bibliographic information—Why Do We
Need It? (Self-paced, approx. 20
min.)
1.3 Bibliographic information—How Do We
Know What To Provide? (Webcast,
approx. 30 min.)
1.4 Bibliographic information and MARC (Webcast,
approx. 20 min.)
1.5 MARC Records—What Are They? (Webcast,
approx. 20 min.)
1.6 MARC Records—Why Do We Need Them? (Webcast,
approx. 15 min.)
1.7 MARC Records—Where Do We Get Them? (Self-paced,
approx. 30 min)
1.8 MARC Records, Bibliographic Information, and Library Catalogs (Self-paced,
approx. 65 min.)
1.9 MARC and Bibliographic Information—How
do I speak it? (Webcast, approx. 35
min.)
If
you are short of time before attending Part Two of the workshop, then try to at least complete modules 1.8 and 1.9 above.
Part Two—MARC Coding: The core codes and their
functions
Part Two of this workshop consists
of three, two-hour webinar modules, or a one day, face-to-face, training
session at a host site.
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Duration—On-site: |
1 day (9:00 am - 4:00
pm) |
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Duration—Online: |
3 live sessions, 2 hrs
each |
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Presenters: |
D. Fritz, L. Fields, K. Nystrom, or K. Anspach |
Click
here to check the Workshop Schedule for MARC21 in your Library
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For a list of all the links
referred to in the Part One modules, click here: Reference
Links (Word document)