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teleMARC bibliographic (basic) - introduction

telematic MARC21 training: Format for Bibliographic Data (basic)

Prepared for MARC@NLSA
by Helena Coetzee, Martha de Waal, Agnes van Schoor
© National Library of South Africa 1999-2010

Please note: the full course is only accessible

to registered trainees.

INTRODUCTION

As a result of the Information Age, our cataloguing environment became an electronic one. Cataloguing principles are currently being looked into for a better fit with the digital environment. Update yourself about these developments and glance through the following documents:

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Course Overview

1. Acknowledgements

2. Learning Objectives

3. Course content

4. Communication with course leader

5. Sources

6. Cataloguing environment

7. Consideration

8. Punctuation

CODING WITH MARC21

MARC 21 Format Changes
RDA in MARC 21

Module 1: Introduction to MARC21

Module 1.1: MARC 21 Structure

Module 1.2: Control and coded fields

Module 1.3: Number and coded fields

Module 2: Description

Module 2.1: Title and title related fields

Module 2.2: Edition, imprint and physical description fields

Module 2.3: Series and statement fields

Module 2.4: Note fields

Module 3: Access Points

Module 3.1: Subject access fields

Module 3.2: Title entries

Module 3.3: Name entries

Module 4: Worksheets

MS Word icon Worksheet 1

MS Word icon Worksheet 2: Record creation

APPENDICES:

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Record levels

Appendix C: Bibliography