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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.

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• Illustrations(p. vii)
• Tables(p. ix)
• Preface(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. xiii)
• Part I MARC--The Underlying Fundamentals(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 Library Patrons, Bibliographic Information, and the Library Catalog(p. 3)
• QUIZ 1(p. 6)
• Chapter 2 The Rules for Bibliographic Information and the Standards for MARC(p. 7)
• QUIZ 2(p. 12)
• Chapter 3 MARC21 Records: What Are They, Why Do We Need Them, and How Do We Get Them?(p. 13)
• Background(p. 13)
• What Are MARC Records?(p. 14)
• Why Do We Need MARC Records?(p. 15)
• How Do We Get MARC Records?(p. 17)
• Quality Control(p. 20)
• QUIZ 3(p. 20)
• Chapter 4 MARC21 and the Computerized Catalogs of Today(p. 22)
• Searching: Browse versus Keyword(p. 24)
• OPAC Displays(p. 26)
• MARC Displays(p. 31)
• QUIZ 4(p. 36)
• Chapter 5 MARC21 Terminology(p. 37)
• Special MARC Terms(p. 50)
• QUIZ 5(p. 56)
• Chapter 6 MARC21--Who Needs to Know What(p. 57)
• Acquisitions Staff(p. 57)
• Circulation Staff(p. 58)
• ILL Staff(p. 59)
• Reference Staff(p. 59)
• Administrative Staff(p. 60)
• Catalogers(p. 61)
• Systems Staff(p. 61)
• QUIZ 6(p. 62)
• Part II MARC21 Codes You Should Know(p. 63)
• Field Groups(p. 63)
• Chapter 7 Indexed Fields--Headings(p. 65)
• MARC Tags for Headings(p. 66)
• Tags for Personal Name Headings (X00)(p. 68)
• Tags for Corporate Name Headings (X10)(p. 73)
• Tags for Conference Name Headings (X11)(p. 79)
• Tags for Uniform Title Headings (X30)(p. 84)
• Tags for Other Subject Headings (6XX)(p. 92)
• QUIZ 7(p. 96)
• Chapter 8 Display Fields--Bibliographic Description(p. 98)
• Title and Statement of Responsibility Area (245)(p. 98)
• Variant Title (246)(p. 106)
• Edition Area (250)(p. 110)
• Imprint Area (260)(p. 111)
• Physical Description Area (300)(p. 111)
• Series Area (4XX)(p. 113)
• Notes Area (5XX)(p. 116)
• QUIZ 8(p. 118)
• Chapter 9 Coded Fields(p. 120)
• Leader (000)(p. 120)
• Fixed-Length Data Elements (008)(p. 124)
• QUIZ 9(p. 128)
• Chapter 10 Number Fields(p. 130)
• Control Number (001)(p. 131)
• Control Number Identifier (003)(p. 131)
• Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) (010)(p. 132)
• International Standard Book Number (ISBN) (020)(p. 133)
• Other Number Fields(p. 134)
• Machine Matching and Bad Matches(p. 134)
• QUIZ 10(p. 137)
• Chapter 11 Summary(p. 138)
• Chapter 12 MARC21 Sample Records(p. 141)
• Appendixes
• A Quiz and Sample Records Answers(p. 147)
• B MARC21 Bibliographic Code List(p. 158)
• C List of Initial Articles(p. 165)
• Bibliography(p. 169)
• Glossary(p. 171)
• Index(p. 183)

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Until this publication, most books about MARC were too detailed for anyone who wasn't a cataloger. Walt Crawford's MARC for Library Use (o.p.), Deborah Byrne's MARC Manual (Professional Media, LJ 4/15/00), and Deborah Fritz's Cataloging with AACR2R and USMARC (ALA, 1998) are all fine volumes, but MARC21 for Everyone is exactly what its title implies-for everyone. The authors, who co-own a company that offers MARC training, software, and database services for librarians, don't detail how to create a MARC record but rather concentrate on explaining where this powerful record format fits in the larger world of the catalog. After an overview of the basics of librarianship, the Fritzes discuss MARC's relationship to the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2d ed. (AACR2) and where MARC records come from and their connection to online catalog displays. They also include helpful self-assessment tools such as quizzes, tables, and examples of tags and subfields. As the authors note in their introduction, their guide is "for those who really don't care about MARC, don't think it is important, can't see why they should have to know anything about it, really don't want to know anything about it, but still, after all is said and done, realize that they do need to know something about it." Bottom line: this book is a must for anyone who works in, or plans to work in, a library and doesn't understand MARC records.-April Bohannan, Virginia Beach P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.