Marc 21 for Everyone: A Practical Guide

by Deborah A. Fritz, Deborah A. Fritz

Using common conventions and a shared language of tags, subfields, indicators, and codes, MARC 21―the latest code―is a powerful integrated record format packed with information so all librarians can do their work more effectively. But you'll only be as effective using MARC as you are informed about its capabilities. Covering both the big-picture fundamentals and the basics of nuts-and-bolts details, MARC 21 for Everyone is the best and easiest introduction to MARC 21 available. Packed with self-assessment tools including quizzes, helpful tables, and many examples of tags and subfields, this authoritative manual presents clear and practical guidance to get you up to speed and ready to apply MARC 21 to your catalog records.

Genres: Library Science, Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great MARC reference for the work station bookshelf. The writing and diagrams are very clear, and the book is well organized. I would recommend locating a print copy of this book because some of my classmates encountered problems with readability of some pages within the electronic version.

Assigned for the course SLIS 5210 - Organization and Control of Information Resources I

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a good refresher but it is by no means comprehensive. I is a good way to get a basic understanding of MARC21.

[Aubrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of my textbooks for my metadata class this semester. If you work in a library, you need to be familiar with MARC21, in my opinion. The level to which you should be familiar obviously varies per position. For example, I only download the MARC records. However, I can view them and anyone with access to the bibliographic records can view them. So a basic understanding of MARC21 helps the library worker better understand his or her position. I now better understand what I'm downloading and how it is structured. This book gives a great walk-through to people who are new to and/or know the basics of MARC records. It is easy to read and gives many examples that make it even easier to learn. The author talks to you in laymen's terms while teaching you metadata and MARC record terms. I would suggest anyone who views MARC records at all to at least know the basics. This is a great book to start for that!

[Kim Kanofsky · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought Fritz did a decent job walking us through MARC 21. Thankful I had a class to go with it though or I still wouldn't understand a thing!

[Kaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book did a great deal more to teach me about Marc 21 than my entire university course did.