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MARC standards, the Glossary

MARC (machine-readable cataloging) is a standard set of digital formats for the machine-readable description of items catalogued by libraries, such as books, DVDs, and digital resources.^[1]

48 relations: American National Standards Institute, Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Authority control, BIBFRAME, Bibliographic database, Bibliographic record, British Library, Canada, Cataloging (library science), Character encoding, Code4Lib Journal, Digital data, Document type definition, File format, Henriette Avram, Homeless shelter, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, International standard, International Standard Bibliographic Description, ISO 2709, ISO/IEC 2022, JACKPHY, Library catalog, Library classification, Library management, Library of Congress, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Machine-readable medium and data, MARC standards, MARC-8, Markup language, Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken, Metadata, Metadata standard, MetaLib, National Information Standards Organization, OCLC, ONIX for Books, Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, Resource Description and Access, Search/Retrieve via URL, Unicode, Uniform title, UTF-8, Web service, XML, XML schema, Z39.50.
1960s establishments in the United States
1970s introductions
Bibliography file formats
Country codes
Library automation
Metadata publishing

American National Standards Institute

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States.

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Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR) were an international library cataloging standard.

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In information science, authority control is a process that organizes information, for example in library catalogs,, then... MARC standards and authority control are library cataloging and classification.

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BIBFRAME

BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) is a data model for bibliographic description. MARC standards and BIBFRAME are bibliography file formats, library automation, library cataloging and classification, library of Congress and metadata publishing.

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Bibliographic database

A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records.

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Bibliographic record

A bibliographic record is an entry in a bibliographic index (or a library catalog) which represents and describes a specific resource.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Cataloging (library science)

In library and information science, cataloging (US) or cataloguing (UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. MARC standards and cataloging (library science) are library cataloging and classification.

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Character encoding

Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using digital computers.

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Code4Lib Journal

The Code4Lib Journal is a quarterly academic journal published by Code4Lib covering research on libraries and information technology.

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Digital data

Digital data, in information theory and information systems, is information represented as a string of discrete symbols, each of which can take on one of only a finite number of values from some alphabet, such as letters or digits.

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Document type definition

A document type definition (DTD) is a specification file that contains set of markup declarations that define a document type for an SGML-family markup language (GML, SGML, XML, HTML).

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File format

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

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Henriette Avram

Henriette Davidson Avram (October 7, 1919 – April 22, 2006) was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format (Machine Readable Cataloging), the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

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Homeless shelter

Homeless shelters are a type of service that provides temporary residence for homeless individuals and families.

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is an international body representing the interests of people who rely on libraries and information professionals.

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International standard

An international standard is a technical standard developed by one or more international standards organizations.

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International Standard Bibliographic Description

The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) is a set of rules produced by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to create a bibliographic description in a standard, human-readable form, especially for use in a bibliography or a library catalog. MARC standards and International Standard Bibliographic Description are library cataloging and classification.

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ISO 2709

ISO 2709 is an ISO standard for bibliographic descriptions, titled Information and documentation—Format for information exchange. MARC standards and ISO 2709 are bibliography file formats and library automation.

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ISO/IEC 2022

ISO/IEC 2022 Information technology—Character code structure and extension techniques, is an ISO/IEC standard in the field of character encoding.

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JACKPHY

In library automation the initialism JACKPHY refers to a group of language scripts not based on Roman characters, specifically: Japanese, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Hebrew, and Yiddish. MARC standards and JACKPHY are library automation, library cataloging and classification and library of Congress.

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Library catalog

A library catalog (or library catalogue in British English) is a register of all bibliographic items found in a library or group of libraries, such as a network of libraries at several locations.

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Library classification

A library classification is a system used within a library to organize materials, including books, sound and video recordings, electronic materials, etc., both on shelves and in catalogs and indexes. MARC standards and library classification are library cataloging and classification.

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Library management

Library management is a sub-discipline of institutional management that focuses on specific issues faced by libraries and library management professionals.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) comprise a thesaurus (in the information science sense, a controlled vocabulary) of subject headings, maintained by the United States Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records. MARC standards and Library of Congress Subject Headings are library cataloging and classification and library of Congress.

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Machine-readable medium and data

In communications and computing, a machine-readable medium (or computer-readable medium) is a medium capable of storing data in a format easily readable by a digital computer or a sensor.

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MARC standards

MARC (machine-readable cataloging) is a standard set of digital formats for the machine-readable description of items catalogued by libraries, such as books, DVDs, and digital resources. MARC standards and MARC standards are 1960s establishments in the United States, 1970s introductions, bibliography file formats, country codes, library automation, library cataloging and classification, library of Congress, metadata publishing and XML-based standards.

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MARC-8

The MARC-8 charset is a MARC standard used in MARC-21 library records.

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Markup language

A markup language is a text-encoding system which specifies the structure and formatting of a document and potentially the relationship between its parts.

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Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken

The Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken or MAB (literally translating as "machine data exchange format for libraries") is a bibliographic data exchange format. MARC standards and Maschinelles Austauschformat für Bibliotheken are library cataloging and classification.

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Metadata (or metainformation) is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data itself, such as the text of a message or the image itself. MARC standards and Metadata are library cataloging and classification.

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A metadata standard is a requirement which is intended to establish a common understanding of the meaning or semantics of the data, to ensure correct and proper use and interpretation of the data by its owners and users.

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MetaLib is a federated search system developed by Ex Libris Group. MARC standards and MetaLib are library automation.

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National Information Standards Organization

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a United States non-profit standards organization that develops, maintains and publishes technical standards related to publishing, bibliographic and library applications.

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OCLC

OCLC, Inc., doing business as OCLC, See also: is an American nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large". MARC standards and OCLC are library automation and library cataloging and classification.

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ONIX for Books

ONIX for Books is an XML format for sharing bibliographic data pertaining to both traditional books and eBooks. MARC standards and ONIX for Books are bibliography file formats.

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The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is a protocol developed for harvesting metadata descriptions of records in an archive so that services can be built using metadata from many archives.

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Resource Description and Access

Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a standard for descriptive cataloging initially released in June 2010, providing instructions and guidelines on formulating bibliographic data. MARC standards and Resource Description and Access are library cataloging and classification.

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Search/Retrieve via URL

Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) is a standard search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing Contextual Query Language (CQL), a standard query syntax for representing queries. SRU, along with the related Search/Retrieve via Web (SRW) service, were created by as part of the ZING (Z39.50 International: Next Generation) initiative as successors to the Z39.50 protocol.

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Unicode

Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized.

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Uniform title

A uniform title in library cataloging is a distinctive title assigned to a work which either has no title or has appeared under more than one title. MARC standards and uniform title are library cataloging and classification.

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UTF-8

UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication.

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Web service

A web service (WS) is either.

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XML

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. MARC standards and XML are bibliography file formats.

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XML schema

An XML schema is a description of a type of XML document, typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type, above and beyond the basic syntactical constraints imposed by XML itself. MARC standards and XML schema are XML-based standards.

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Z39.50

Z39.50 is an international standard client–server, application layer communications protocol for searching and retrieving information from a database over a TCP/IP computer network, developed and maintained by the Library of Congress. MARC standards and Z39.50 are library automation and library of Congress.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_standards

Also known as CAN/MARC, CANMARC, MARC 21, MARC country code, MARC format, MARC record, MARC21, MARCXML, MARCs, MaRC, Machine Readable Cataloging, Machine-Readable Cataloging, UNIMARC, USMARC.

MARC standards, the Glossary

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1960s establishments in the United States

1970s introductions

Bibliography file formats

Country codes

Library automation

Metadata publishing

References