Machine Readable Cataloging. The standard communications format for machine readable cataloging records. The MARC format controls the display of data in the online catalog and facilitates the exchange of records between systems.
Machine Readable Cataloging. Developed by the Library of Congress, MARC is a standard way of putting the description of a book or other item into a machine readable record to permit sharing with another machine.
Machine-Readable Cataloging record. MARC formats are officially described as "standards for representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form." Today's library automation systems use MARC as a universally understood data exchange format.
MAchine-Readable Cataloguing (also UKMARC, USMARC, MARC21, UNIMARC etc.)
A format for the interchange on magnetic tape of catalogue records which covers books and alternative media such as motion pictures and videos. This standard has variations, such as AUSMARC and USMARC
Machine Readable Cataloging Record which uses tags, indicators, and delimiters to identify and separate information on the bibliographic or authority record. The MARC record can be displayed in STAR GATEWAY or DRA WEB2.
MAchine Readable Cataloging MARC records contain data in standardized format and allow conversion to automated cataloging and circulation systems.
Machine Readable Cataloging- MARC format displays parts of a library catalog record with the numbers that indicate what parts they are.
Machine-Readable Cataloging. An internationally acceptable standard for the exchange of bibliographic data in machine-readable form.
Machine-Readable Cataloging. An international, standardized format for computerized bibliographic data developed by the Library of Congress. MARC format simplifies exchange of bibliographic data.
Machine Readable Cataloging, a standard communication format for computer-based catalog records
The standard format for machine-readable bibliographic records.
Machine Readable Cataloging. The international standard format for the storage and exchange of bibliographic data (catalog cards) in machine readable form.
MARC is a standardized format developed by the Library of Congress for producing machine-readable bibliographic records. MARC uses numeric tags such as tag 100 for Personal Author, and tag 245 for the Title.
An acronym that stands for Machine Readable Cataloging. Technically it signifies ANSI Z39.2, a standard for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form. There are many versions of the MARC record in use around the world, such as UKMARC in the United Kingdom, and, in Canada and the United States, MARC21. MARC has been under development since the middle 1960s, when it was first put forward by the Library of Congress.
MARC refers to (1) a computer record structure, (2) a set of tags and indicators to identify parts of the record, (3) the level of cataloging information contained in the Library of Congress’s MARC records, and (4) the body of records distributed by the Library of Congress MARC Distribution Service.
Machine Readable Cataloguing - An international standard digital format for describing bibliographic items, developed at the Library of Congress, to facilitate the creation and dissemination of computerized records between libraries and between countries.
Machine Readable Cataloguing; a format devised (originally, in the mid-1960s) as a convenient way of storing and exchanging bibliographic records. The MARC21 standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada, is the format now favoured by other national libraries, including the British Library, since it provides superior coverage of non-book material and an ability to download and derive bibliographic records from a wider range of sources.
Machine-Readable Cataloging. Machine-readable records of cataloging done by the Library of Congress and sold on subscription.
Machine Readable Cataloging. An international standard digital format for describing bibliographic items, developed at the Library of Congress to facilitate the creation and dissemination of computerized cataloging in LC format from one library to another and between countries.
It is a record that a computer can read and interpret. Each record conforms to a national standard for communication of bibliographic information, established and used by the National Library and the Library of Congress.
Machine-Readable Cataloging. Data structure standard used in Integrated Library Systems (ILS) for Online Public Access Catalogs (OPACs).
Machine-Readable Cataloging Record. The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information (authority, holdings, classification, community information) in machine-readable form. MARC 21 is an implementation of the American National Standard, Information Interchange Format (ANSI Z39.2) and its international counterpart, Format for Information Exchange (ISO 2709). UniMARC was originally designed for conversion between national formats but now has been adopted by some countries as their national standard.
( MA chine- eadable ataloging): A series of rules for coding bibliographic data into a form that can be understood and manipulated by a computer.
Machine Readable Cataloging; an international standard for tagging the various portions of a catalog record with codes to facilitate their transfer and/or retrieval
Machine Readable Cataloguing. A family of formats based on ISO 2709 for the exchange of bibliographic and other elated information in machine readable form. For example: USMARC, UKMARC and UNIMARC. http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc
MAchine-Readable Cataloging. One of the supported NSDL metadata standards. A data format developed by the Library of Congress that provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use and interpret bibliographic information and its data elements make up the foundation of most library catalogs used today.
a record format developed by the Library of Congress for library catalogs, that can describe an individual book, journal, or other work, using a collection of fields and subfields
(MAchine-Readable Cataloging) Standard formats for Library of Congress bibliographic information
MAchine Readable Cataloging. The standard system for computerizing cataloging records. Also called USMARC (there are slightly different systems in other countries, e.g., DenMARC).
MAchine Readable Catalog, the standard used for catalog records in most libraries. The US Library of Congress coordinates standards efforts, especially for USMARC. There are other versions as well, such as UNIMARC, and conversions (crosswalks) between. Cataloging with MARC usually follows AACR2 rules.
Uniform standard for the electronic cataloging of materials developed by the Library of Congress.
A MARC record is a library cataloging record in machine-readable format. That means that the record can be shared between computer databases. Before MARC each library would receive materials and take the time to catalog each individual item, and type each item into the library's computer. Now, through MARC, libraries are able to share their records. Individual libraries have to edit rather than type entire records into an electronic database, saving time and money.
The MARC formats are standards for the representation and communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form. MARC record is a MA chine-Readable Cataloging record. http://www.loc.gov/marc
Derived from "machine-readable cataloging," U.S. MARC is a standard for representation and communication of bibliographical and related information in machine-readable form.
Machine-Readable Cataloging. A general term covering many different formats in many countries.
MAchine-Readable Cataloging, a standard for storing bibliographic data in electronic databases. The standard, which first emerged from a Library of Congress initiative in the 1970s, is used by most library catalogs today. The current version is MARC 21.
Machine Readable Cataloging. The format used for bibliographic description in computer-readable form.
An acronym for "Machine Readable Cataloging Record". The MARC standard comprises "tags", "indicators" and "delimiters" to identify and separate information in the "bibliographic" or "authority" records stored in the library's computer database. "Bibliographic" records contain information about a work (such as a book or DVD) including the call number, date of publication, publisher, etc. "Authority" records contain the "authoritative" or "official" form of an author's name, the title of a work or a subject heading as determined by an agency such as the Library of Congress. The MARC record can be displayed in the Online Catalog. It is the most detailed form of the record you see when you pull up a search in the catalog. (You can read all about the MARC standards at the Library of Congress website or see this website for a step by step introduction.)
The acronym for MAchine-Readable Cataloging. It defines a data format that emerged from a Library of Congress-led initiative that began thirty years ago. It provides the mechanism by which computers exchange, use, and interpret bibliographic information, and its data elements make up the foundation of most library catalogs used today. MARC became USMARC in the 1980s and MARC 21 in the late 1990s... MARC 21 has been mapped to the following metadata standards: MODS, Dublin Core, MARC Character Sets to UCS/Unicode, Digital Geospatial Metadata ... The following metadata standards have been mapped to MARC 21: MODS, Dublin Core, UNIMARC to MARC21, ONIX, Digital Geospatial Metadata to MARC (Source: MARC Standards home page: http://www.loc.gov/marc/)
Machine Readable Cataloging (Library of Congress): A series of detailed standards for the structuring or tagging of data to facilitate the interchange of records between databases or files. The principal format is the MARC 21 Format for Bibligraphic Data, used for descriptions of library and archival materials. There are also formats for Authority (for controlled vocabularies, or established lists of preferred terms with cross references), Holdings, Classification, and Community information. Developed in the 1960s.
The MAchine-Readable Cataloging format, a set of standardized data structures used to describe bibliographic materials that facilitates cooperative cataloging and data exchange in bibliographic information systems.
records – MA chine eadable ataloging - a standard format for the encoding and representation of bibliographic information in machine-readable form. Most libraries and many bibliographic database providers create their digital records in MARC format enabling them to be easily uploaded/downloaded between databases as well as easily searched by the end user.
Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC). A standard format for storing bibliographic information in electronic format.
The MARC format was developed to provide an internationally acceptable standard for the exchange of bibliographic data in machine-readable form. Machine Readable Cataloguing began in 1966 as a pilot scheme operated by the Library of Congress.
A format used by libraries to store and exchange catalog records.
Machine-Readable Cataloging--standardized communications format developed by LC for producing and distributing bibliographic records; provides the consistency needed for automating library systems and sharing of records.
Stands for Machine-Readable Cataloging. Often used in reference to MARC records, bibliographic records specifically formatted to be computer-readable.