An Introduction
to MARC21 and How It Is Meant To Work in Your Library Automation System
Course Description:
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.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of this workshop, you should understand the
importance of all of the coding in a MARC record, and how that coding affects
the proper functioning of your library catalog.
Target Audience:
Directors, reference people, acquisitions people, copy catalogers,
beginning catalogers, and experienced but untrained catalogers.
Recommended prerequisite:
None; this is the first workshop in the TMQ cataloging training series
Required text:
None; a detailed handout will be provided. A more complete version of
the handout is published by ALA under the title: MARC21 for Everyone: A
Practical Guide.
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There are now two discrete
parts to MARC21 in your Library:
Part One of this course consists of a series of free webcasts
and self-paced modules and covers the underlying fundamentals of MARC and
bibliographic information.
Part Two of this course consists of three modules, available
either as a webinar series, or a traditional training workshop at a host site,
and covers the core codes that are most commonly found in MARC records, and
their functions
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MARC21 in Your Library. Part One, Marc and Bibliographic Information: The Underlying
Fundamentals
This part of the
workshop is made up of
a series of nine, short, free, webcasts or self-paced modules.
Click here
to access the M21 Part One modules
We will explain:
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of Part One of this course, you should understand the
importance of MARC and bibliographic information, and be familiar with MARC and
cataloging terminology in preparation for Part Two of the course.
***It is strongly advised that you go
through the Part One modules before attending Part Two of this workshop***
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MARC21 in Your Library. Part Two, Marc Coding: The
Core Codes and Their Functions
This part of the workshop is provided either as a webinar course of 3,
two-hour sessions, or as 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
We will explain and illustrate
correct MARC coding for:
·
Indexed fields (used for searching in a catalog to
find a description of a resource)
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Display fields (used for choosing between resources
found in a catalog)
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Coded fields (used by the catalog to customize
searches and displays)
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Number fields (used for searching in a catalog and for
duplicate record detection)
We will also provide
practice in reading MARC records.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of Part Two of this course, you should be able to
read a MARC record, talk MARC, understand how errors in MARC coding affect a
library catalog, and correctly answer these and other mysteries of the library
catalog:
Attendees should, if possible, bring a printout of a MARC record from
their local ILS
Check the schedule for MARC21 in your Library
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Course Description:
Copy cataloging is not the same as original cataloging; it involves its own special procedures and
guidelines. This course outlines the basic principles of copy cataloging in a
MARC record environment. It will introduce you to the art of: finding
cataloging records that you can copy; ensuring that those records really match
your resources; and fixing the really important things that might need fixing
in those records.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of this workshop, you should be able to find and copy
records that accurately and correctly describe your resources (particularly
books)
Target Audience:
Acquisitions people, copy catalogers, beginning catalogers, and
experienced but untrained catalogers.
STRONGLY recommended prerequisite:
Required text:
None; detailed handouts will be provided.
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There are now two discrete
parts to Just for Copy Cats:
Part One of this course consists of a series of free webcasts
and self-paced modules that will provide you with some useful background
information to prep you for Part Two. These modules are available 24/7.
Part Two of this course consists of multiple sessions that can
be made available as: a traditional training workshop at a host site; a combined
on-site plus online option; or an online-only option. These sessions will cover
the basic fundamentals of searching for, matching and
editing MARC records that you can copy instead of making them from scratch.
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Just for Copy Cats. Part One, Background Material
This part of the
workshop is made up of
a series of short, free, webcasts or self-paced modules, available 24/7.
Click here
to access the JCC Part One modules
We will explain:
·
What ‘copy cataloging’ is, why we need it, and how we
do it
·
Which bibliographic information in a MARC record is
particularly useful for copy catalogers
·
Search strategies to find records to copy
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of Part One of this course, you should understand
that copy cataloging is not as simple as it seems, and should know how to read
a MARC record in preparation for Part Two of the course.
***It is very strongly advised that you go
through the Part One modules before attending Part Two of this workshop***
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Just for Copy Cats. Part Two, Searching, Matching
& Essential Editing
This part of the workshop may be provided as: a two-day, face-to-face,
training session at a host site; or a two-day combined onsite/online training
session; or a webinar course of four, three-hour sessions.
Click
here to check the Workshop Schedule for “Just for Copy Cats”
We will explain:
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How to identify potential problems when searching for MARC
records to copy
·
How to match MARC records to the resources you are
cataloging
·
How to deal with difficult dates when matching records
·
How to do only the most essential editing of the
records that you copy
We will also provide
practice in searching for, matching to, and editing of records.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of Part Two of this course, you should know enough about copy cataloging to get started, and should know that it will take a great deal of practice to get good at this task, and that you need to attend Book Blitz I to learn more about editing records.
Attendees should, if possible, bring a printout of a MARC record from
their local ILS
Check
the Schedule for “Just for Copy Cats”