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"The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form".<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/marc/ MARC Standards] homepage by the Library of Congress (LoC)</ref> | "The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form".<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/marc/ MARC Standards] homepage by the Library of Congress (LoC)</ref> | ||
The formats have been developed in the 1960er years and are mainly used to exchange catalog records among libraries and/or library consortias. A quite comprehensive introduction to the formats can be found in Wikipedia<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_standards Wikipedia article for MARC]</ref> | |||
== Tools == | |||
* http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php - MARC edit | |||
* http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-marcdump.html - to read MARC records and display them in various formats | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:14, 5 January 2011
"The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form".[1]
The formats have been developed in the 1960er years and are mainly used to exchange catalog records among libraries and/or library consortias. A quite comprehensive introduction to the formats can be found in Wikipedia[2]
Tools[edit]
- http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php - MARC edit
- http://www.indexdata.com/yaz/doc/yaz-marcdump.html - to read MARC records and display them in various formats
References[edit]
- ↑ MARC Standards homepage by the Library of Congress (LoC)
- ↑ Wikipedia article for MARC