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 MARC standards are
and how those standards tie in with our current cataloging rules (AACR) 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 MARC 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. A more complete version of
the handout is published by |
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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 MARC 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:
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What 'bibliographic information' is, why we need it,
and how we know what to provide
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How bibliographic information relates to MARC records
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What MARC records are, why we need them, and where we
get them
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How MARC records and bibliographic information relate
to library catalogs
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How to speak MARC
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 MARC 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 MARC coding for:
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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 2 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:
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Why can I find this book in the catalog if I search
its author but cannot find it when I search its title?
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Why does the catalog say we only have six books in
Spanish, when just looking at the shelves I can see hundreds of them?
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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
MARC 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 AACR/MARC record environment. It will introduce you to
the art of:
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finding AACR/MARC records
that you can copy
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ensuring that those records
really match your resources
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fixing the really
important things that might need fixing in those records, with an emphasis on
MARC coding issues.
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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 copy AACR/MARC records that accurately and correctly describe
your resources (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 Just for Copy Cats:
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Just 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 Just for Copy Cats. Part 1 online modules
We
will explain:
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What ‘copy cataloging’ is,
why we need it, and how we do it
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Which bibliographic
information in a MARC record is particularly useful for copy catalogers
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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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Just for Copy Cats. Part 2,
Searching, Matching & Essential Editing for AACR/MARC records
This part of the workshop may be provided
as: a two-day, face-to-face, training session at a host site, with an option
for broadcasting via GoToMeeting; or a two-day online training session, using
GoToMeeting; or an OCLC webinar split over four, three-hour sessions.
Total duration: approx. 12 hrs
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Duration—On-site + Online: Duration—Online only: |
2 live sessions (9:00 am - 4:00 pm each
day) —in person (with, optional, broadcast via GoToMeeting) 2 live sessions (9:00 am - 4:00 pm each
day)—online, using GoToMeeting OR 4 live sessions (3 hrs
each) — online, via an OCLC Webinar |
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Presenter: |
Deborah Fritz |
Click here
to check the schedule for Just for Copy Cats. Part 2 (live)
We
will explain:
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How to identify potential
problems when searching for AACR/MARC records to copy
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How to match AACR/MARC
records to the resources you are cataloging
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How to deal with difficult
dates when matching AACR/MARC records
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How to do only the most
essential editing of the AACR/MARC 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 AACR/MARC 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 in-depth training to do
complicated editing.
Attendees should, if
possible, bring a printout of a MARC 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.