Re: Slightly OT: MARC
MARIA JESUS COLMENERO RUIZ <[email protected]>
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Hi Lars, We exchange MARC records beetween aplications. The goal is don´t duplicate the job. We can import the records write by others in our catalogs, and then modify it to your needs. You don need merge MARC records. The Library of Congress Control Number is an internal number of the Library. The ISBN is an international number that identifies the published materials. "An ISBN is essentially a product identifier used by publishers, booksellers, libraries and internet retailers for ordering, listing, sales records and stock control purposes. The ISBN identifies the publisher as well as the specific title, edition and format." [1]. I believe that would be better to use MODS records. They are a selected subset of MARC21 records and there are XSLT file for conversion. MARC is an international standard and need to solve the needs of a great and very different community of libraries. So, generally you don´t fill all the data in a record. Hope this help, Best regards [1] http://www.isbn-international.org/faqs/view/5 Lars Heuer <[email protected]> dijo: > Hi there, > > Due to the recent discussion, I read some literature about MARC ([1] > might be a good starting point) and I wonder if MARC is that bad. If I > understood it correctly, MARC was designed for exchanging data (among > other goals). But how do librarian *exchange* the MARC records if they > do not merge? > > From what I've read, the > > 010 tag: marks the Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) > 020 tag: marks the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) > > seem to be promising. Are the LCCN or ISBN are normative? > > [1] <http://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/> > > Thanks and best regards, > Lars > > -- > Semagia > <http://www.semagia.com/> > _______________________________________________ > topicmapmail mailing list > topicmapmail-Zo64W7twoUFWk0Htik3J/[email protected] > http://www.infoloom.com/mailman/listinfo/topicmapmail > -- ********************************************* Mª Jesús Colmenero Ruiz Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Dpto. Biblioteconomía y Documentación C/Madrid, 126. 28903 Getafe (MADRID). SPAIN Despacho 14.2.26 TLF. +34 91 624 84 68 | FAX. +34 91 624 92 12 *********************************************