Library Standards for Data Structures and Element Identification: U.S. MARC in Theory and Practice.

Crawford, Walt

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Publication Date: 1982

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Library Standards for Data Structures and Element Identification: U.S. MARC in Theory and Practice.

Crawford, Walt

Library Trends, v31 n2 p265-81 Fall 1982

Considers aspects of building, maintaining, and using United States MARC format and other related standards, discussing costs and benefits, MARC and the American National Standards Institute's Z39 standard, effects of MARC on content and processing, compatibility between and within standards, and MARC in practice. Nineteen sources are cited. (EJS)

Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Standards, Online Systems

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