MARC21 IN YOUR LIBRARY:
An Introduction to MARC21 and
How It Is Meant To Work in Your Library Automation System
Course
Description:
This course is a beginner's introduction to
MARC21 and how it is meant to work in a library automation system. It explains
what the MARC21 standards are and how those standards tie in with our past and
current cataloging rules (ISBD, AACR, and RDA) to help catalogers create data
that will function effectively in a library catalog.
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Intended
audience: |
Directors,
reference people, acquisitions people, copy catalogers, beginning catalogers,
and experienced but untrained catalogers |
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Anticipated goal: |
At the conclusion of this workshop, you should
understand the importance of all of the coding in a MARC21 record, and how
that coding affects the proper functioning of your library catalog |
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Recommended prerequisite: |
None; this is the first workshop in the
TMQ cataloging training series |
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Required text: |
None; a detailed handout will be
provided. |
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Presenter: |
Deborah Fritz |
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There
are two parts to MARC21 in your Library:
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MARC21 in Your Library. Part 1, 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 (available 24/7) and covers the underlying
fundamentals of MARC21 and bibliographic information.
Duration: approx.
4.5 hrs (in short,
standalone segments)
Click here to access the MARC21 in Your
Library. Part 1 online modules
We will explain:
· What 'bibliographic information' is, why we need it, and how we know what to provide
· How bibliographic information relates to MARC records
· What MARC records are, why we need them, and where we get them
· How MARC records and bibliographic information relate to library catalogs
· How to speak MARC21
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion
of Part 1 of this course, you should understand the importance of MARC and
bibliographic information, and be familiar with MARC21 and cataloging
terminology in preparation for Part 2 of the course.
***It is very strongly advised that you go through the Part 1 modules
before attending Part 2 of this workshop***
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MARC21
in Your Library.
Part 2, MARC Coding: The Core Codes and Their Functions (1 day)
This part of the
workshop may be provided as: a one-day, face-to-face, training session at a
host site, with an option for broadcasting via GoToMeeting; or a one-day online
training session, using GoToMeeting; or an OCLC webinar split over 3,
two-and-a-half-hour sessions.
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Duration—On-site
+ Online: Duration—Online
only: |
1 live session
(9:00 am - 4:00 pm) —in person (with, optional, broadcast via GoToMeeting) 1 live session
(9:00 am - 4:00 pm)—online, using GoToMeeting OR 3 live
sessions (2.5 hrs each) —
online, via an OCLC Webinar |
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Presenter: |
D. Fritz |
Click here to check the Workshop Schedule
for MARC21 in your Library. Part 2 (live)
We will explain and illustrate correct
MARC21 coding for:
· Indexed fields (used for searching in a catalog to find a description of a resource)
· Display fields (used for choosing between resources found in a catalog)
· Coded fields (used by the catalog to customize searches and displays)
· Number fields (used for searching in a catalog and for duplicate record detection)
We
will also provide practice in reading MARC21 records.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion
of Part 2 of this course, you should be able to read a MARC21 record, talk
MARC21, understand how errors in MARC21 coding affect a library catalog, and
correctly answer these and other mysteries of the library catalog:
·
Why can I find this book in the catalog if I
search its author but cannot find it when I search its title?
· Why does the catalog say we only have six books in Spanish, when just looking at the shelves I can see hundreds of them?
· Why do so many descriptions of videos show up in the catalog with a little book icon instead of a video icon?
Attendees should,
if possible, bring a printout of a MARC21 record from their local ILS
Note for online
attendees: The font size used on some screens in this webinar may not be
suitable for viewing using an iPad or small laptop; we recommend that you use
as large a monitor as possible, for optimum viewing.
Copy cataloging
is not the same as original cataloging; it requires its own special procedures
and guidelines. Libraries are currently in the process of switching from AACR
cataloging to RDA cataloging, but a large proportion of the records we copy are
still AACR/MARC records. Many of these records will no longer look like AACR
records, as they become hybridized by the addition of RDA data and practices,
but the underlying cataloging principles for these records will still be AACR.
Course Description:
This course outlines the basic principles of copy
cataloging in an MARC21 record environment. It will introduce you to the art
of:
· finding
MARC21 records that you can copy
· reading
those records
· fixing the really important
MARC21 coding problems in those records
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Intended
audience: |
Acquisitions
people, copy catalogers, beginning catalogers, and experienced but untrained
catalogers |
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Anticipated goal: |
At the conclusion of all sections of this
workshop, you should be able to find and read MARC21 records that describe
your resources, and fix basic coding in those records (with an emphasis on
books) |
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STRONGLY recommended prerequisite: |
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Required text: |
None; handouts
will be provided |
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Presenter: |
Deborah Fritz |
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There are two
parts to MARC for Copy Cats:
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MARC
for Copy Cats. Part 1, Background Material
This part of the workshop is made up of a series of
short, free, webcasts or self-paced modules, available 24/7.
Duration: approx. 2 hrs (in short, standalone
segments)
Click
here to access the MARC for Copy Cats. Part 1 online modules
We will explain:
· What ‘copy cataloging’ is,
why we need it, and how we do it
· Which bibliographic
information in a MARC21 record is particularly useful for copy catalogers
· Search
strategies to find records to copy
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of
Part 1 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 2 of the course.
***It is very
strongly advised that you go through the Part One modules before
attending Part 2 of this workshop***
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MARC for Copy Cats. Part 2, Searching,
Reading and Editing Coding for MARC21 records
This part of the
workshop may be provided as: a one-day, face-to-face, training session at a
host site, with an option for broadcasting via GoToMeeting; or a one-day online
training session, using GoToMeeting; or an OCLC webinar split over two,
three-hour sessions.
Total duration: approx. 6 hrs
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Duration—On-site
+ Online: Duration—Online
only: |
1 live session
(9:00 am - 4:00 pm) —in person (with, optional, broadcast via GoToMeeting) 1 live session
(9:00 am - 4:00 pm)—online, using GoToMeeting OR 2 live
sessions (3 hrs each) —
online, via an OCLC Webinar |
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Presenter: |
Deborah Fritz |
Click here to
check the schedule for MARC for Copy Cats. Part 2 (live)
We will explain:
·
How
to identify potential problems when searching for MARC21 records to copy
·
How
to read MARC21 records for editing
·
How
to edit the coding in MARC21 records that you copy
We will also provide practice in these steps.
Anticipated goal:
At the conclusion of
Part 2 of this course, you should know enough about copy cataloging MARC21
records to get started, and should know that it will take a great deal of
practice to get good at this task, and that you really need additional training
to do RDA editing.
Attendees should, if possible, bring a printout of a MARC21 record from
their local ILS
Note for online
attendees: The font size used on some screens in this webinar may not be
suitable for viewing using an iPad or small laptop; we recommend that you use
as large a monitor as possible, for optimum viewing.