Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) Program

Henriette D. Avram
The Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.

INTRODUCTION ment agencies, and private industry. The conferees

concluded that:
Many words have been written on the subject of the
Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) Program: the 1. Availability of machine-readable catalog records
events that led to the pilot project, the development of produced and distributed by LC would help those
the format, the operational Distribution Service, the libraries that have automated systems.
influence of MARC on standardization, and the impetus 2. The machine-readable record should include all
it gave to library automation projects and to the creation the data presently available on LC’s printed card,
of networks here and abroad. This article serves to gather plus additional information to produce a multipur-
together all aspects of the national and international pose record.
MARC system. 3. Agreement by a broad segment of the library
Much of what follows has been fairly well documented community on the elements to be included in the
in many published reports, journal articles, etc., and record was most desirable, and the design of the
therefore this article relies heavily on that material. A record at LC was probably the best means of
Bibliography based on the article’s main headings has achieving standardization.
been included for those readers who wish to explore any
aspect of MARC in greater depth. Three LC staff members were assigned to the task of
analyzing cataloging data from a machine processing
point of view. A report,[3] issued in June 1965, was
reviewed by over 150 LC staff members and their
BACKGROUND, 1961 – 1965 comments were issued as a supplement to the report.
Comments were also elicited from many representatives
The Library of Congress’s (LC) investigations of the of the library community.
possibility of using automated techniques for its internal The report was discussed at a conference supported by
operations began in the late 1950s. As a result of the CLR and held at LC in November 1965. The enthusiasm
interest generated by these investigations, the Librarian of generated at this meeting again demonstrated the de-
Congress requested a grant from the Council on Library sirability of LC becoming the distribution source of
Resources (CLR) for a study to determine the feasibility machine-readable records. As a result, LC sought funds
of applying automated techniques to the operations of from CLR to conduct a pilot project and in December
LC. The study, published in 1963,[1] recommended that 1965 received a grant to test the feasibility and utility of
a group be established to design and implement the the distribution of cataloging data in machine-readable
procedures required to automate the cataloging, search- form from LC to user libraries. The project was named
ing, indexing, and document retrieval functions. A MARC, for machine-readable cataloging.
systems staff was assembled in the Office of the Librarian
to proceed with the recommendations. During this same
period, motivated by the increasing attention given to MARC PILOT PROJECT, 1966 – 1968
automation in libraries, CLR awarded a contract for a
study of the possible methods of converting the data on Planning for the pilot project began early in January 1966.
LC cards to machine-readable form for the purpose of CLR funds were used for contractual support: 1) to
printing bibliographical products by computer. The report develop procedures and programs for the conversion, file
of the study[2] was the subject of a conference held at LC maintenance, and distribution of MARC data, as well as
in January 1965, under the sponsorship of LC, the programs to use the data at the participating libraries; and
Committee on Automation of the Association of Research 2) to assist in the evaluation of the project. Participants in
Libraries (ARL), and CLR. Participants included repre- the pilot project were invited by LC, and from the 40
sentatives from universities, research agencies, govern- libraries that responded affirmatively, 16 were chosen.

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Selection was based on type of library (special, govern- The pilot project had originally been scheduled to end
ment, state, university, public, and school), geographic in June 1967. This termination date, however, seemed
location,a availability of personnel, equipment, funds,
proposed use of MARC data, and willingness to evaluate
unrealistic. Setup time had taken longer than anticipated
at the participating libraries and, with June as a cutoff
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the utility of the data and prepare written reports. date, there could be little operational experience. LC
The participants selected were: Argonne National stated at the midwinter meeting of the American Library
Laboratory; Georgia Institute of Technology; Harvard Association (ALA)c in January 1967 that the pilot would
University; Indiana University; Montgomery County be extended. During the next six-month period, it became
Public Schools; Nassau (County) Library System; obvious that MARC served a useful purpose and,
National Agricultural Library; Redstone Scientific In- encouraged by the enthusiasm of the library community,
formation Center; Rice University; University of Cali- LC announced at the June 1967 ALA/MARC meeting that
fornia Institute of Library Research, Los Angeles; a full-scale operational MARC Distribution Service was
University of Chicago; University of Florida; University in the planning stages. The pilot project would continue
of Missouri; University of Toronto; Washington State through June 1968 while the operational system was
Library; and Yale University. By February 1966, the being planned and implemented. The pilot service was
LC staff assigned to the project was prepared to call a extended to four additional participants—California State
conference of the participants for the purpose of Library, Illinois State Library, Cornell University, and the
describing: 1) the concepts, objectives, schedules, func- State University of New York Biomedical Communica-
tions, and requirements of the experiment; 2) the tions Network.
operation at LC; 3) the MARC format;b 4) the materials The participating libraries experimented with card
to be sent weekly to participants; and 5) the content catalog and book catalog production, current awareness
of the reports expected from the participants. The Feb- listings, filing arrangement by computer, etc. Not all
ruary meeting was considered the official opening of the participants were successful in mounting an operational
pilot project. system but, nonetheless, all cooperated to the fullest in
LC set for itself the herculean task of completing reporting back to LC the pros and cons of each aspect of
within eight months the design of procedures and the project. In particular, the need for timely receipt of
computer programs required both for the LC operations data and quality of records was stressed.
and for the participants. The MARC I format had to be Part of the rationale for the pilot project was the test
stabilized by April 1966 to begin programming. Conse- of a machine format under operational conditions in
quently, the time spent in analysis and design was order to design a next generation format based on
severely limited and the form of material was restricted the experience gained. In addition to the substantive
to book materials. evaluation of the MARC I format provided by the
The first distribution was to begin in September 1966. participating libraries, an important event occurred
Actually, the first test tape was mailed in October and the during the project which exerted a strong influence on
weekly service began in November. the design of MARC II. The interest expressed by the
The months following the initial distribution were British National Bibliography (BNB) in mounting a UK/
hectic for all. The computer programs provided to MARC Pilot Project and the many visits from foreign
participating libraries were not, in all cases, error free librarians directed thinking toward a standard commu-
and had to be modified; the participants were busily nications format suitable for interchanging bibliographic
engaged in writing their own tailor-made programs; and data, not only from one organization (LC) to many,
LC was learning better production methods ‘‘on the job’’ but also among organizations, perhaps crossing natio-
to reduce the large number of incorrectly edited and nal boundaries.
inadequately verified records. The load on the telephone The philosophy behind MARC II was the design of one
lines between the participants’ locations and Washington, format structure (the physical representation on a
District of Columbia, was heavy from November 1966 machine-readable medium) capable of containing biblio-
through the next several months. graphic information for all forms of material (books,
serials, maps, music, journal articles, etc.) and related
records (name and subject reference records, etc.). The
a
It was thought that for the project to provide the most useful structure, or ‘‘empty container,’’ the content designators
information, different types of libraries and geographical areas should (tags, indicators, and subfield codes) used to explicitly
be represented. The first (types of libraries) was a valid decision; the
second (geographical areas) is questionable.
b
The pilot project format, later in the life of the project, was called
c
MARC I to differentiate it from the distribution format (MARC II), LC made arrangements to hold MARC meetings during ALA
which was designed later. conferences as a vehicle of communications with pilot participants.
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identify or to additionally characterize the data elements, MARC DISTRIBUTION SERVICE, 1968 –
and the content, the data itself (author’s names, titles,
etc.), are the three components of the format. It was From June 1967 through June 1968, LC staff, in addition
recognized that under ideal conditions the universe to concentrating on the MARC II format design and the
of material would be studied at one time for a more expanded character set, were engaged in the redesign of
coordinated approach to the assignment of content the procedures and programs for the operational MARC
designators. However, those responsible knew the mag- Distribution Service. The pilot project was officially
nitude of such a task, the time required, and the need for terminated in June 1968, and from July through March
specialists to be involved. Consequently, to make progress 1969 LC shifted over to a period of testing the new
in the near term, it was decided to handle one form of procedures and programs.
material at a time, beginning with books.[4] During this practice period, a proposal was written by
LC staff held many meetings discussing the book LC to the Information Science and Automation Division
format contents and content designators. The intent was to of ALA recommending that a series of workshops (which
provide a multipurpose record ‘‘rich’’ enough in detail to became known as the MARC Institutes) be held
allow inclusion or exclusion of data elements based on the throughout the country for the purpose of briefing library
user’s needs. The resultant MARC II format for books staffs on the MARC II format, LC procedures, and the
reflects the consensus of a large number of librarians and uses of MARC data by libraries during the pilot project.
systems personnel. The first institute was held in Seattle, Washington, in July
Another significant outcome of the pilot project was 1968. This series continued for several years and was
the design of an extended character set for roman alphabet attended by over 2000 individuals.
languages. At the onset of the project, a character set was The first Subscriber’s Guide to the MARC Distribution
specified based on the work in progress by the Library Service [which later became Books: A MARC Format[6]]
Typewriter Keyboard Committee of the Resources and was published in August 1968 so that institutions planning
Technical Services Division of ALA. Once the pilot was to subscribe to MARC would have the necessary
in operation, LC, in consultation with the National information for programming. The Guide was followed
Agricultural Library and the National Library of Medi- by a test tape in the fall of 1968 to provide the means of
cine, turned its attention to the development of an checking user programs.
extended character set to cover all the major roman In March 1969 the operational system was launched
alphabet languages as well as the romanized forms of covering all English-language monographsd cataloged by
nonroman alphabets. LC including titles acquired through the National
In December 1967 a meeting funded by CLR was held Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging (NPAC). The
at LC for the purpose of discussing the MARC II format distribution cycle was weekly, and approximately 1000
and the proposed character set. This meeting was records appeared on each MARC tape.
particularly significant since the participants, based on Before the actual implementation of the distribution
shared experiences in the pilot project, were setting the service, a great deal of interest was generated in MARC
framework for an operational MARC system that would procedures. Consequently, in 1969, LC issued, through
have wide implications for the entire library community ALA, the first edition of the MARC Manuals.[7] This
and the future of automated library systems. publication contained the Data Preparation Manual:
At the conclusion of the pilot project in June 1968, LC MARC Editors, the Transcription Manual: MARC Typists,
had distributed approximately 50,000 machine-readable the Subscriber’s Guide to the MARC Distribution Service,
records for English language book materials. All con- and Computer and Magnetic Tape Unit Usability Study
cerned were a little wiser than at the onset of the (an analysis to determine which computers and peripheral
experience. LC had learned a great deal about the devices could be used to process MARC tapes).
procedures and the funds needed to convert cataloging Because of hardware limitations and time and funding
data to machine-readable form. The participants realized constraints, the new MARC system was designed as a
the complexities inherent in applying the computer as a batch tape system composed of four subsystems: input,
tool for library operations and the requirement for file maintenance, retrieval, and output. The programs
management support, time for implementation, and funds. within each subsystem were generalized, data independ-
All organizations were aware of the close cooperation ent where possible, table driven where the characteristics
required between computer and library personnel for a of the data were known (i.e., validation of tags across
successful project.
A project report[5] was published in 1968 describing
the experiences of LC and participating organizations, the d
Initially, only United States imprints were distributed but this was
expanded character set, and the MARC II format. rapidly expanded to include all English-language monographs.
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forms of material), and parameterized to the extent work with LC regarding changes to the various MARC
possible to allow the specification of unique requirements formats. The MARBI committee decided it would be the
(e.g., output formatting).
From the beginning of the design phase, LC staff
MARC advisory committee, and LC was asked to prepare
a paper[13] proposing how such a committee would
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recognized that the system would require updating to use operate in relationship to the MARC Development Office
disk as the storage medium and to provide for online (MDO). The LC proposals and recommendations were
correction.e In 1971, work was begun on the Multiple adopted by the MARBI committee during its meeting at
USE MARC System (MUMS) to provide online the 1974 ALA midwinter meeting.
capability and on the redesign of the MARC input and The term ‘‘change’’ includes additions, modifications
maintenance system. and deletions of content data (in both fixed and variable
In accordance with the original plans to specify MARC fields), and content designators made to the format as well
formats for forms of material other than books, LC as additions, modifications, and deletions made to the
published formats for serials[8] and maps[9] in 1970, tape labels. The changes under consideration fall into
films[10] in 1971, and manuscripts[11] in 1973. The music five categories: 1) changes resulting from a change in
and sound recordings format is in draft form at the time cataloging rules or systems, 2) changes made to satisfy a
this is written and should be published in 1975.[12] In the requirement of LC, 3) changes made to satisfy a
design of all formats, LC worked with other organizations subscriber’s request, 4) changes to support international
that had expert knowledge of the material concerned. standardization, and 5) changes made to expand the
The distribution service has been expanded as funding MARC program to include additional services.
permitted. Distribution of records for films began in 1972, Guidelines have been established to handle the above
and for serials, maps, and French-language monographs in categories of changes and a time period set for the
1973. The present services represent approximately MARBI committee, working through the MARC users, to
105,000 records per year. If the service is expanded to react to a proposed change. LC agreed to notify MARC
include books in other romance languages and in German subscribers two months prior to including any change in
late in 1974, the total record count will reach approxi- the MARC Distribution Service.
mately 150,000 annually. As of summer 1974, the LC plans to continue to expand MARC until all of LC
database totaled approximately 500,000 records. The cataloging (approximately 250,000 titles annually)f is
present service is available in several forms. These encompassed within the MARC system. In certain
include: 1) all MARC records; 2) books (All) covering nonroman alphabets this extension may mean romaniza-
records for English-language monographs including titles tion. Equally as important as the bibliographic records is
acquired through NPAC, titles in all languages in the the availability of name and subject authority records. The
Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program, and French- procedures to input subject records and to maintain the
language monographs; 3) books (English) as described in files have been operational for some time. The design of
books (All) above, but excluding the French-language similar procedures for name records, as well as distri-
records; 4) films, covering motion pictures, filmstrips, bution procedures for name and subject records, began
transparencies, slide sets, and other projected materials, in in 1974, and it is hoped that in 1975 the library com-
all languages; 5) maps, covering records for single and munity will have these records for processing in their
multisheet thematic maps, map sets, and maps treated local systems.
as serials, in roman-alphabet languages; and 6) serials, Although the primary advantage of the distribution
covering all serials receiving printed card cataloging, service is considered to be the cost savings resulting from
including romanized records for titles in nonroman centralized cataloging and from centralized editing and
alphabets. Records for books (English) and films can be transcription of machine-readable records, another by-
purchased in annual cumulations. Test tapes for all product of MARC is often overlooked. It is impossible to
services are available for experimental purposes. estimate the resources (people and time) saved by national
In 1973, LC suggested to the Resources and Technical and international organizations implementing automated
Services Division/Reference and Adult Services Division/ systems through the use of MARC publications. The LC
Information Science and Automation Division (ALA language and country codes and character sets have been
RTSD/RASD/ISAD) Committee on Representation in widely adopted, and the various MARC editorial and
Machine-Readable Form of Bibliographic Information transcription manuals adapted to local needs. Thus,
(MARBI) that a MARC advisory committee be formed to
f
Since LC redistributes all changed records and, in addition, each CIP
e
In the LC environment, on-line input of new records is not desirable but record is updated at least once to a full MARC record, the actual number
there is a definite need for on-line correction and verification to reduce of records distributed is significantly larger than the number of titles
the volume of paper work and expedite the processing of records. cataloged and included within the scope of MARC at any time.
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through the efforts of a dedicated LC staff, significant 3. Conversion for a national bibliographic database
cost savings have been effected throughout the world. requires standardization of bibliographic content and
machine format. Standards for conversion of ret-
rospective records should be the same as those for
RETROSPECTIVE CONVERSION, 1968 – current records.
4. The highest priority for retrospective conversion
With the assurance of an ongoing MARC Distribution should be given to records most likely to be useful
Service, libraries throughout the country began to discuss to the largest number of libraries. As nearly as pos-
and, in some instances, to plan the conversion of their sible, subsequent priorities should be determined by
existing catalogs. Such uncoordinated conversion activi- the same criteria.
ties would result in costly duplication of titles in machine- 5. Large-scale conversion should be accomplished as a
readable form. Any future amalgamation of the multiple centralized project. Decentralized conversion would
databases into a single unified national database would be more costly and unlikely to satisfy requirements
entail a formidable task of human editing to make the for standardization. The project should be under the
name and subject headings assigned by many libraries direction of the Library of Congress.
consistent with authorized forms.
Since LC was also interested in the conversion of its Based on these conclusions, the task force recom-
retrospective records, it appeared timely to investigate the mended that conversion should take place in reverse
feasibility of a large-scale centralized conversion of chronological order, by language, using the LC Card
retrospective cataloging records and their distribution to Division record set, which is arranged in sequence by
the library community. date. Each record would be compared against the LC
In 1968 a proposal was submitted to CLR for a Official Catalog for updating purposes.
feasibility study to be conducted by LC. Recognizing The order of conversion should be: 1) English-
the far-reaching significance of a centralized conversion language monograph records issued from 1960 to date,
effort, CLR responded immediately by providing funds. 2) Romance- and German-language monograph records
The responsibility for the conduct of the study which issued from 1960 (this conversion would not begin until
was dubbed Retrospective Conversion (RECON) was MARC had been expanded to include these languages),
assigned to a working task force. An advisory com- and 3) English-language monograph records issued from
mittee composed of members of the library profession 1898 to 1959. Every effort should be made to convert
was appointed to provide guidance for the study. Both items 1) and 2) within four years.
groups included representatives from LC as well as from An initial method of conversion was prescribed and
other organizations. it was proposed that further studies be initiated to
A report[14] published in 1969 described the work determine: 1) the best means of obtaining standard
performed during the feasibility study and stated the records for items not represented in the LC Official
major conclusions reached and recommendations made Catalog to build a complete national bibliographic data
by the task force. The task force examined in detail: 1) the store, and 2) the feasibility of establishing a national
hardware and software required for a large-scale conver- union catalog by recording holdings of libraries in the
sion; 2) existing LC files to select the one most suitable data store.
for conversion; 3) the rationale for setting priorities for The task force further recommended that an imple-
conversion, and how best to accomplish the job; and 4) mentation committee be established to investigate sources
the costs of hardware, software, and manpower for a of funds for a detailed system design for a large-scale
conversion project. conversion effort and the initiation of a pilot project to
As a result of its investigations, the task force arrived test the proposed conversion system.
at the following conclusions:[14] The implementation committee was never formed.
However, LC took the initiative and proposals were
1. The MARC Distribution Service should be expanded submitted to CLR and the U.S. Office of Education (OE)
to cover all languages and all forms of material as to augment the resources committed by LC with ad-
rapidly as resources and technology allow. There ditional funds required to support both a pilot project and
should be no conversion of any category of ret- the continuation of the activities of the working task
rospective records until that category is being force. Both CLR and OE responded positively and in
currently converted. August 1969 the RECON Pilot Project was initiated, with
2. Conversion of some portion of retrospective records the additional funds designated for the studies by the task
to machine-readable form should be an early goal for force and the travel expenses of both the task force and
library automation efforts. the advisory committee.
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The pilot project conducted by LC covered five 3. Filming all cards in a given series of the Card
major areas: Division record set against a form and reproducing

1. Conversion techniques postulated in the RECON

hard copy proved to be the most efficient method of
producing source documents. The desired subset of
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feasibility report were tested in an operational records would then be selected for conversion.
environment by converting English-language mono- 4. Processing of older catalog records and those in
graphs cataloged in 1968 and 1969 but not included in foreign languages is more complex than processing
the MARC Distribution Service. (Many of the 1968 current English-language records for books, and
titles were formerly distributed to the participants of therefore conversion costs will be higher.
the MARC Pilot Project in the MARC I format.) 5. The lowest RECON unit cost that can be anticipated
2. Procedures and programs to implement format for a record processed by format recognition is
recognitioningg were developed. approximately $3.06.h
3. Problems associated with the conversion of records in
other languages and cataloged according to other Approximately 58,000 records were converted during
conventions and cataloging rules were analyzed for the pilot project. The 1969 titles were distributed free of
their effect on a conversion effort. charge to MARC subscribers in 1971 and the 1968 titles
4. The state of the art of input devices for a large were made available through sale.
conversion effort was monitored. This included the The most significant technical achievement of the pilot
testing of two devices in a production mode. project was the development and implementation of the
5. Microfilming techniques and their associated costs format recognition process. Automatic identification of
were studied to determine a best method for copying the data elements of machine-readable records had been
the sections of the LC Card Division record set. tested in other organizations, namely the Institute of
Microfilming was suggested because the record set is Library Research at the University of California, Berke-
a ‘‘high use’’ file that cannot be withdrawn in whole ley, and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. However, LC was
or in part for any substantial period of time. the first to attempt to assign the content designators (i.e.,
tags, indicators, and subfield codes) and the fixed fields
The pilot project continued for two years (August for a full MARC II record by program. The cataloging
1969 – August 1971) and is fully documented in a source datai are transcribed from left to right and from top
report[15] published in 1972. The findings of the project to bottom. The data are input as fields, which are detected
are briefly summarized below. by the program because each field ends with a carriage
return, and each field continuation is indicated by a
1. Format recognition applied to unedited records is a carriage return and tab. The title paragraph is the only
practical computer technique, eliminating the need for field where the program is given an additional clue in the
human editing prior to keying. The costs for keying form of a delimiter (a special character used to separate
and proofing for format recognition remain approxi- units of data) separating the title, edition, and imprint. The
mately the same as for processing records fully edited format recognition program searches first for the collation
by humans. However, applying format recognition in statement, which is easily located and always present.
place of human editing does effect a cost reduction of Once the collation statement is found and identified, the
approximately 12% in manpower costs. fields preceding and following collation are analyzed and
2. The magnetic tape selectric typewriter, currently in identified separately using a variety of clues, such as first
use, was found to be as cost efficient as any other off- characters present and punctuation. The first pass of the
line device given the requirements for easy accom- program provides gross identification (in most instances
modation of variable length records and an expanded only a partial tag is provided) and the remainder of the
character set. Cathode ray tube terminals were also process is a reexamination of each field to provide final
investigated for use in an on-line mode for correc- and complete tags, indicators, and subfield codes. After
tions. Only one device was available with the each variable field is fully identified, the data are scanned
expanded character set. The results of testing direct- for information required to set the fixed fields. Tables of
read optical character readers (OCR) to convert LC
cards to machine-readable form were negative; no
h
device could perform adequately. Projected costs were based on the MARC Pilot and Distribution Service
experience because RECON was an experiment rather than a production
effort. Time was expanded on testing devices, alternative methods, etc.,
g
Format recognition is a technique for the automatic assignment of tags, and consequently there was no basis for determining accurate cost
indicators, subfield codes, and fixed fields to machine-readable projections.
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bibliographic records. The source document is either an LCprinted card or a MARC worksheet.
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keywords consisting of items such as U.S. cities, foreign coverage, there is the potential of using this pool of
cities, geographical names, meetings, and honorary titles records to accelerate the building of a national
associated with personal names are used for matching database and to reduce the duplication of input with
purposes to aid in the identification of a variable field, a resultant cost savings. The task force undertook to
or a data element within a field, as well as providing, investigate representative machine-readable databases
in some instances, the information needed to fill in a and to assess their potential for this purpose. The
fixed field. study indicated that the per record cost of converting
Format recognition is currently used for the processing non-MARC records to MARC, comparing them with
of English- and French-language monographs. Additional the records in the LC Official Catalog (to ensure
keyword lists will be built for other languages as consistency and completeness), and updating their
the MARC service is expanded. The program has been contents, approached the per record LC/MARC cost.
operational since May 1971. RECON records were However, if the record was similar to an LC/MARC
processed to test the technique in a production envir- record in terms of fullness of catalog entry, format,
onment until January 1972. At that time, satisfied with the and character set, i.e., a high potential record, then
results, LC proceeded to use the technique for the comparing only its access points with the LC Official
processing of current MARC records. Catalog record and updating those access points when
Concurrent with the RECON Pilot Project, the task required, would result in a conversion cost estimated
force considered certain basic issues of retrospective to be in the order of one-half of present LC/MARC
conversion that were of national scope. The studies, with conversion costs.
conclusions and recommendations, were reported in a 3. The National Union Catalog (NUC) serves two major
publication[16] in 1973. Underlying all the work per- functions: the provision of cataloging data and a
formed was the reaffirmation of the importance of a finding list for the locating of a title. With the advent
coordinated retrospective conversion activity to keep of LC/MARC and the proliferation of library
duplication of effort to a minimum and to achieve a high automation projects, it was logical for the task force
degree of compatibility among records. to consider the implications of a national union
The special studies involved four areas that are des- catalog in machine-readable form. On-line access to a
cribed along with the findings of the task force. national union catalog did not appear to be likely in
the near future. Attention was consequently turned to
1. There have been many attempts made and a great deal the automatic production of the NUC in book form or
of effort expended to determine a subset (hereafter microform. This mode of production would relieve
referred to as level) of the MARC format that would humans of the drudgery of preparing the catalogs,
still allow a library using it to be part of any future make the information more rapidly available, and
national network. A level of a MARC record can be provide the facility for additional access points to the
distinguished by differences in: 1) the data content of data. The task force selected the register/index as the
a record, and 2) the extent to which its contents are optimum format for NUC. This type of catalog is
separately identified. Upon agreement as to the use composed of a register of complete bibliographic
to be made of machine-readable cataloging records, entries arranged in numeric sequence according to a
two or more parties can define a level of the MARC number assigned to each entry when the register is
format to satisfy that use. The task force was prepared. The register is never cumulated. The
concerned with the creation of machine-readable indexes are derived from the register entry and
records for national use, i.e., either the recording of contain a brief bibliographic entry and the register
holdings to a national union catalog or the distribution number. The indexes are cumulated at predetermined
of cataloging information in machine-readable form intervals. This format has the advantage of providing
to library networks, systems, or individual institu- several points of access without having to print the
tions. The task force concluded that level of MARC full bibliographic record more than once. The task
records can be defined for each of these functions. force concluded that the cost of the automated system
Since the union catalog function is well defined, a with its associated advantages would not exceed the
level of less completeness than the full MARC could cost of the present manual system, and the cost of
be determined. However, the record for the distri- producing the quinquennial would be significantly
bution function must satisfy the needs of diverse reduced. In addition, the database might eventually
installations and applications and, consequently, must form the basis for an on-line network of regional
be the fullest MARC record. bibliographic centers.
2. A large pool of machine-readable bibliographic 4. Experience in the RECON Pilot Project indicated that
records exists. Since MARC is still limited in its a large-scale conversion project as projected in the
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RECON feasibility study demanded far more converted during the RECON Pilot Project. These records
resources (staff, space, and funds) than there is hope are distributed as part of the MARC service.
of obtaining. To convert chronologically by language
as recommended in the feasibility study, on a lesser
There is continuing interest in a centralized conver-
sion activity. The concern of the participants in a series
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scale, would be too slow to satisfy those libraries of meetings[17] sponsored by CLR is one manifestation
requiring machine-readable records for their auto- of this interest. The purpose of these meetings is to seek
mation efforts. Therefore, the task force examined a means of exchanging machine-readable records among
alternative strategies, hoping to arrive at a means of organizations until such time as a national service may
more rapidly responding to the needs of libraries, but exist to perform this function centrally. The records
concluded that there was no perfect solution to the under consideration are of two types: 1) records con-
problem, since preferences for languages, dates, and verted from LC cataloging copy not included in the
forms of material are dependent on the type and size MARC Distribution Service (i.e., either items cataloged
of library involved. Systematic conversion, i.e., prior to the MARC service for a particular language or
orderly conversion by language and date, has the form of material or records not yet within the scope of
advantage of allowing the user to predict with MARC), and 2) records representing titles not cataloged
reasonable certainty what is in machine-readable by LC. The emphasis here is placed on all records,
form. It has the disadvantage that users may wait both retrospective and prospective, being converted by
for long periods of time before desired records may organizations other than LC. As progress is made on the
be available. Conversely, nonsystematic conversion automation projects of individual institutions and as
(based on some criterion such as all records in a regional networks evolve, it is an accepted fact that
given bibliography) might have the advantage of institutions will be doing local conversion. The excess-
more rapidly converting records desired by a larger ive cost of duplicate conversion that will result if
number of organizations, but it would have the machine-readable data are not shared, as well as the
disadvantage that, without querying the database, problems of an inconsistent data base, can only be
the user cannot predict which titles are in machine- resolved if a single organization assumes the respons-
readable form. ibility and has the resources for building a national
data base.
The task force concluded that LC should concentrate
on going forward as rapidly as possible to convert all of
its current cataloging to machine-readable form and that INFLUENCE OF MARC
an agency, established expressly for the purpose of a ON STANDARDIZATION
large-scale retrospective activity, should undertake to
convert the retrospective LC records that are most in Libraries acknowledged the importance of standardization
demandj and be responsible for adapting records from long before MARC came into being. Machine systems,
libraries other than LC for inclusion in the national however, showed the need for an extra measure of
database. The task force recommended that since the conformity over what had been apparent in the past. What
problem of retrospective conversion is of concern to appears in the printed record is human readable, not bit
all of the nation’s libraries, the National Commission configurations representing characters or codes or expli-
on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) might citly identifying content data. Variations in the placement
be the appropriate agency to determine a course of or the formatting of words, paragraphs, and numbers in
action and explore sources of funding to implement a the printed record are not too damaging to the initiated,
national program. but can be intolerable to efficient machine processing.
To date, no central agency has been established nor has The interest of libraries in the computer for library
NCLIS taken any express action concerning retrospective operations was increasing in the 1960s. The availability
conversion. LC, when resources permit,k continues to of cataloging data in machine-readable form supplied by
convert retrospective titles selected from the Card LC, the need to input cataloging data locally (data not
Division as well as MARC Pilot records that were not within the scope of MARC or titles not cataloged by LC),
the possibility of sharing these locally generated records,
the potential for using computer programs across
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Initially, these records might be those ordered from the LC Card organizations to reduce the high cost of designing and
Division most frequently.
k writing software, and the need for hardware capable of
The MARC Editorial Division, responsible for the conversion of MARC
records, is geared to peak load conditions. When the volume of records handling large character sets were all factors that put
diminishes for any period of time, the gap is filled in by converting increased emphasis on the establishment of and con-
retrospective titles. formity to standards.
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The impetus given to standardization by LC/MARC The MARC format structure, as a vehicle for in-
is doubtless one of its most important results. The formation interchange, was adopted in the United States
establishment of bibliographic standards did not happen by the three national libraries, ALA, ARL, the Committee
chronologically but in many instances overlapped, i.e., on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI), the
the development of a new standard might begin while a Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the
proposed standard was in the process of adoption. Association for Scientific Information Dissemination
Consequently, reporting of the standards cannot be made Centers (ASIDIC), and others. The format structure be-
in strict chronological order. came an ANSI standard in 1971[18] and an international
standard in 1973 [ISO 2709– 1973 (E)].[19]
Format for Information Interchange
International Standard
During the operation of the MARC Pilot Project, BNB Bibliographic Description
personnel visited LC to investigate the possibility of a
UK/MARC Pilot Project. At a later date, when BNB In 1969 the International Federation of Library Associa-
decided to proceed with its MARC project, its staff tions (IFLA) convened an International Meeting of
worked with the MARC staff on the MARC II format Cataloguing Experts. Since the Paris Principles had set
in an effort to satisfy the requirements of both agencies. the framework for an international cataloging code, it
This cooperation had long-term effects. Both agencies seemed appropriate to call an international meeting to
recognized the future implications of an interchange discuss the next step, a standard bibliographic description.
format and the importance of two major publishing A working paper[20] prepared by Michael Gorman of the
countries agreeing on a standard. No only would it be BNB, with the support of a United Nations Educational
possible to exchange machine-readable records between and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) grant, demon-
the United States and the United Kingdom, but the way strated the difference in the order of data and in
would be open for other countries to follow the lead punctuation patterns of various national bibliographies
and develop their own MARC projects. This possibility (NUC represented the United States bibliography). A
was particularly interesting to LC because of NPAC, working party was selected to draft an international
where LC uses the descriptive cataloging as given by standard bibliographic description for monographs. An
other countries in the program, adding or modifying international standard bibliographic description would
main and added name entries, subject headings, etc., to provide a standard set of descriptive elements in a
the record as necessary. The entire process is a manual standard order using standard punctuation to separate the
operation using printed records. The potential exists for elements. Such a description would facilitate: 1) the
updating machine-readable records from countries in comprehension of the description in printed form re-
the program and thus reducing the cost of conversion gardless of language, and 2) the automatic recognition of
at LC. elements of the description for machine identification.
Recognizing the worldwide impact of sharing ma- The first published draft of the International Standard
chine-readable records, LC and BNB, in addition to being Bibliographic Description (ISBD) was issued in 1971,
active in their respective national standards organizations, followed by the first standard edition in 1974.[21] [A
in 1969 submitted the then proposed American National recommended ISBD for serials was also published in
Standards Institute (ANSI) format and its equivalent, the 1974.[22]]
proposed British Standards Institute (BSI) format to the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The
MARC projects in the United States and Great Britain and Content Designators
the developing ANSI, BSI, and ISO standards created the
environment for many countries (including Australia, The ISBD for monographs, the ISO standard format
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin structure for bibliographic interchange, Kaltwasser’s
America, Norway, and Sweden) to begin to plan for and paper[23] concerning universal bibliographic control, and
implement their own national MARC system. (In addition the ever-increasing number of national MARC formats
to national libraries and bibliographies, many organiza- were all positive steps toward international cooperation.
tions based outside of the United States, such as Problems remained, however. One of the significant areas
UNISIST, the International Labor Organization, Informa- of nonstandardization among national MARC formats
tion Services in Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers was in the assignment of content designators to elements
and Control, and the International Atomic Energy of information in the machine-readable records. Accord-
Agency, have adopted or recommended adoption of the ingly, IFLA established, under the auspices of the
format structure.) Committees on Cataloguing and Mechanization, an
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international Working Group on Content Designators. system and provide the option of using or discarding the
The Working Group held its first meeting in Grenoble, other elements of information.
France, during the 1973 IFLA conference. Obstacles in
the way of agreement on content designators include: 1)
Work on this international standard is still underway.
It is hoped that agreement will be reached on a stan-
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diverse functions of the bibliographic agencies, 2) lack of dard set of content designators by the IFLA meeting
an internationally accepted cataloging code, 3) lack of in 1975.
agreement among different bibliographic communities
on organization of data content in machine-readable
Other Activities
records, and 4) lack of agreement as to the functions of
content designators.
The expanded roman-alphabet character set designed by
The Working Group realized that the issues concerning
LC was adopted by ALA, has been used in information
data organization and functions of content designators
systems throughout the world, and is the basis for the
could be resolved (subsequently agreement on these
current work in progress in ISO/TC46/SC4/WG1, Char-
points was reached in a meeting in Brussels in February acter Sets for Documentation and Bibliographic Use. The
1974) but that the lack of an internationally accepted
acceptance of a character set for bibliographic use,
cataloging code and the dissimilarities in the functions of
indicating marketability to hardware vendors, led to the
different bibliographic services were areas over which it
manufacture of a typewriter sphere, a print train, and
had no control.
several cathode ray tube terminals.
Encouraged by the fact that it has been possible to
Country of publication codes and language codes
work around these differences in the formulation of the
originally established by LC for the MARC Pilot Project
ISBD, the Working Group proceeded to adopt the concept
and, based on experience, modified for the MARC
of a SUPERMARC[24,25] as an international system for Distribution Service have also been accepted as the codes
exchange, leaving the various national systems as they
for several systems. Although these codes have not been
now exist. Each country would have an agency that would
adopted as ANSI or ISO standards, they do have an
translate its own machine-readable records into the format
impact on current standardization activities.
of the SUPERMARC system; likewise, each agency
The challenge to the individuals involved in standards
would translate SUPERMARC records into its own
setting is great. Much remains to be accomplished.
national format.
Progress has been made, however, and it appears that
The international machine-readable record was divided
‘‘International MARC’’ may become a reality.
into functional blocks (e.g., intellectual responsibility
block, descriptive block, subject block). There was un-
animous agreement that the descriptive block would
MARC USERS
follow the ISBD, and it is this block where agreement on
content designators and content is most likely possible.
Use of MARC at the Library of Congress
It is recognized that the content and consequently the
content designation of certain blocks is dependent on
The main thrust of LC’s bibliographic automation
cataloging codes and practices. Therefore, the best that
program during the years 1966 –1970 was the distribu-
can be hoped for in the near term is agreement on content
tion of MARC data. In terms of LC, MARC up to
designation at a level of specificity less than that presently
1974 covered approximately 40% of LC’s total catalog-
used by national systems. For example, the intellectual
ing effort.
responsibility block contains names of persons and
In 1970, sights began to turn inward, and MDO was
organizations associated with the work described. In
established in the Processing Departmentl to concentrate
national systems, each type of name may be further
on automating the functions concerned with technical
expanded to multiple levels of subtypes and subfields
processing. An article describing the automation pro-
coded in a variety of ways. In the international record, the
grams of the Processing Department was published in
expansion may be limited to indicating personal, family,
1972.[26] The program can be considered to have a three-
corporate, and conference names; and primary, alternate,
pronged approach: 1) expansion of the MARC Distri-
and secondary responsibility.
bution Service, 2) design and implementation of a core
The concept is a record composed of two principal
parts: 1) the identification of the item (descriptive block
modeled after the ISBD), and 2) all other elements l
Before June 1970, staff responsible for MARC, RECON, etc., was part
making up the bibliographic record, e.g., headings, of the Information Systems Office (ISO), organizationally situated in the
subjects, and classification numbers. This will allow the Office of the Librarian. At the same time that MDO was established, ISO
user to accept the descriptive block for inclusion in his was transferred to the Administrative Department.
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bibliographic system,m and 3) products and services for cards are still being prepared for MARC titles through the
LC and the library community. It is principally in item 3) Government Printing Office.
that the MARC data base is used at LC at this time.
Several of these projects are briefly described below. MARC retriever

Book catalogs The MARC database is being used more and more
frequently in LC as a bibliographic reference to
1. The Main Reading Room catalog consists of records supplement the card catalogs. The machine-readable
included in MARC (books and serials) and records records provide access via fields not used as headings in
input especially for the project. Catalogs have been the card catalogs, and the richness of the MARC format
produced, via computer printer, arranged by call offers new possibilities for the retrieval of information.
number, author, title, and subject for use in LC. Plans The MARC Retriever was originally seen as a research
include the general distribution of the catalogs in this tool to promote the use of the MARC data base in new
form as well as photocomposed issues at a later date. and unexplored ways. This experimental mode is still
2. The Science Reading Room file is also composed of of interest in LC but, in addition, the system is used
MARC records (books and serials) in addition to operationally for many purposes in LC as well as to
records input specifically for the project. Computer- provide special searches to outside organizations. The
printed catalogs have been produced for use in LC. Retriever allows the user to search the contents of any
3. The catalog of Films and Other Materials for variable field, subfield, or fixed field, as well as any
Projection for the last quarter of 1972 and the first specific tag, indicator, or subfield code value.
two quarters of 1973 was produced from the MARC Recent searches include: 1) monthly lists of books on
films database in 1974. This catalog is issued in two Africa, Mainland China, Latin America, Eastern Europe;
sections in one volume: 1) title main entries and 2) books in translation; 3) children’s books in translation;
added author entries, and 2) subject added entries. 4) serials in French published in France, Belgium, and
‘‘See’’ and ‘‘see also’’ references are included. Canada; 5) railroad maps; 6) maps of East Africa, Kenya,
Tanzania, and Uganda; 7) CIP records in history, LC
All machine-produced book catalogs and other biblio- class schedules E and F; 8) Festschriften; 9) atlases
graphic listings are arranged by means of a program published in 1972; and 10) books about Africa contain-
called Library Sort Key Edit (LIBSKED). This program ing statistical information.
was designed to implement the new LC filing rules[27] The records retrieved are arranged and printed ac-
formulated by the Technical Processes Research Office of cording to the user’s specifications. The sort may be on
the Processing Department. author, title, subject, classification, date, etc. Output may
be printed in card or list form, with the amount of
Printed cards information displayed (short form or full record printout)
a user option.
MARC records are input to the Card Division’s automated
system to compose and print LC cards, complete with Other uses in LC
overprinted headings, for use in the LC catalogs. On-
demand production of cards for film and map titles in The LC Division for the Blind and Physically Han-
response to orders from subscribing libraries or for cards dicapped selects pertinent records from the MARC files
that are out of stock is operational, but on-demand for inclusion in its system for the production of
production for all orders (approximately 40,000 per day) bibliographic tools, e.g., printed cards and book catalogs
for which there is a MARC record cannot be implemented for such items as talking and braille books.
until quantity limitations imposed by the present capabil- As the scope of MARC expands and as the ongoing
ities of the offset press and accompanying cutting and projects such as the automation of the PIF become
collation equipment are resolved. Consequently typeset operational, more and more use will be made of MARC at
LC, both for technical processing and reference.
MARC is now searchable on-line by LC card number
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This includes automation of the Order Division functions and the within LC. Access to the file will be expanded to include
Process Information File (PIF) which are presently in various stages of author/title and title only search keys. Preliminary
operation, implementation, and design. The Core Bibliographic System
catalogers will be able to search the MARC file as well
includes the use of LC name and subject authority records to produce
book catalogs as well as linking them to MARC records as a cataloging as the PIF to determine whether the item in hand is
aid. Several ongoing operational projects, such as the building and already in the collection or requires cataloging; the Card
maintenance of the subject heading file, are modules of this activity. Division will be able to search for titles for which printed
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cards were ordered but for which the LC card number was Institutions are difficult to identify accurately since any
not given; and the Catalog Publication Division will be one institution may perform the functions of another type,
able to search for items reported by NUC libraries to
ascertain if the reporting record is a title already covered
e.g., a university library may act as a center, serving, in
addition to itself, several other organizations. Therefore, it
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by LC cataloging so that holdings can be posted to the is not possible to derive an accurate tally of subscribers by
proper record. type of library. The subscribers discussed above are
Plans include making the MARC file accessible by the considered primary users. All of the commercial vendors
Reference Department and expanding searching capabil- and library centers as well as some of the organizations in
ities, as well as the eventual two-way linking between the the other categories of users provide services to other
authority records (name and subject) and each biblio- institutions. These latter institutions are considered
graphic record where the name or subject or both were secondary users of MARC data and, according to LC’s
used. This linking will enhance the present book catalog best estimates, total approximately 1500.
production system as well as provide the means to use the There are difficulties inherent in any presentation of
MARC files as a cataloging aid. MARC uses. This difficulty is in part created by the
tendency of library functions to overlap. For example, the
Use of MARC by Subscribers search/select function is not an end unto itself but instead
may be a component of a system to print catalog cards or
At present (March 1974) there are 74 organizations of an SDI system. There are also various levels of the use
subscribing to the MARC services.n The 74 subscribers of MARC data, depending on the mix of manual and
purchase the following subscriptions: automated processing. MARC records are, in some cases,
simply used as a source of bibliographic information with
the rest of the processing purely manual, or MARC
MARC, Complete 13
records become an integral part of an automated system.
MARC, Books (All) 28
MARC, Books (English) 19
Some systems are wholly dependent on MARC; in others,
MARC, Films 4 MARC is some percentage of the total database. There are
MARC, Serials 12 systems that are totally batch oriented, others are partially
MARC, Maps 3 batch oriented and partially on-line, and still others
operate principally in an on-line mode. These various
differences in systems do not affect the function
This list can be further subdivided within the category performed, e.g., looking up a title to find where it is
MARC, Complete. For example, there are 13 complete located, regardless of how the system is designed or how
subscriptions and three map subscriptions, meaning that the files are organized.
16 map subscriptions are actually in force. Dividing the The following discussion of MARC uses attempts to
subscriptions in this manner results in the following: avoid the problems described by addressing MARC uses
in general terms and not probing into individual systems.
Books, Foreign 41 The majority of uses of MARC data fall into the
Books, English 70 technical processing area. This is not surprising, since
Films 17 before the reference function can be served adequately,
Serials 25 items must be put under bibliographic control. Further-
Maps 16 more, it is in technical processing that the professional
librarian needs to be relieved of performing repetitive
tasks or supervising others in the performance of such
Since an organization may order more than one type of
tasks. However, the reference function is somewhat
service, the actual number of individual subscriptions as
satisfied by SDI services, LC’s MARC Retriever, and
given above total 169. The subscribers are made up of
the searching of index files of author, title, and subject.
18 commercial enterprises, 23 organizations outside the
Current MARC tapes are used for selection purposes
United States (one of these has been previously counted
by printing out the records and routing them to persons
with the commercial enterprises), and the remainder
responsible for selecting materials for acquisition, or by
divided among large research, college and university,
comparing the tapes against stored profiles and printing
state, special, and national libraries and library centers.
the records that match. Printed indexes are also prepared
from the MARC files (weekly or cumulative) and made
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The last MARC Survey was conducted in the spring of 1972 and the available for selection.
results published later in that year. The subscriber figures cited in this To the extent that MARC records are available for
section have been updated to reflect the current situation. items to be ordered, manual bibliographic searching is
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eliminated, and the MARC records selected are used names, publishers’ names, and subject headings. Addi-
to produce the orders and associated documents and tional on-line searching capabilities include other names,
the records are added to the institution’s in-process or LC call numbers, LC card numbers, international standard
master file. book numbers, Dewey Decimal numbers, local library
MARC records are used in the production of catalog card numbers, and local library location indicators. This
cards and book form catalogs. Book catalogs have sophisticated searching capability is in addition to the
appeared in dictionary form, register/index form, or as production of several library products, e.g., current
separate author, title, and subject catalogs (or any com- awareness listings and book catalogs.
bination thereof). The level of sophistication of catalog
production varies greatly. The production forms include
computer line printing, photocomposition, and microform. CONCLUSION
A bibliography in microform, called Books in English,
is produced by merging BNB/MARC records with MARC is an assemblage of formats, publications, pro-
relevant LC/MARC records. A catalog of English- cedures, people, standards, codes, programs, systems,
language acquisitions of a university library and affiliated equipment, etc., that has evolved over the years, stimu-
institutions is also produced by selecting appropriate lating the development of library automation and in-
records from these two databases. formation networks.
Shared cataloging systemso with access to LC/MARC Any discussion about MARC in particular involves
and locally input cataloging records by LC card number discussing library automation in general. Progress in the
and/or search keys are also in operation. Member libraries field is evident. There is a definite advance from the
search the files for a specific record. If the record is in the automation of discrete functions toward the automation of
file and if the cataloging data is acceptable to the modules leading to integrated systems. Emphasis is being
institution, printed cards in the format and quantity placed on the implementation of on-line systems and the
desired by the institution are sorted (prearranged in a use of one system to provide services to many other
filing sequence) and prepared off-line for the selected organizations.
record. If the record is not available, the member library Library automation activities in 1974 appear to fall
inputs the locally cataloged record that then becomes into the following categories:
available to all other participants and the printed cards are
prepared from the locally input record. In some systems, 1. Institutions are automating their technical processing
records can also be output on tape for any library desiring functions and, as a by-product, providing services,
its cataloging data in machine-readable form. The on-line e.g., cards and listings, to other organizations.
posting of the locations of the requesting library and the 2. Institutions are automating a particular aspect of their
use of this file for interlibrary loan is also in operation. service, e.g., book catalog production, and as a by-
The production of catalog cards remains the most product their procedures and programs are used to
popular operation, although in many instances card produce a like product for another organization.
production is not the raison d’être of the system. The 3. Institutions are creating automated systems designed
production of book preparation materials (bookcards, principally as a bibliographic center to provide ser-
pockets, and spine labels), as well as circulation cards, is a vices, e.g., printed cards and union catalogs, for other
useful by-product of some systems. organizations that do not intend to automate.
In one system the MARC record is used as a
bibliographic source, and agency subject terms, call Libraries have passed through an era of much talk but
numbers, etc., are added. The entire MARC file is few results into the 1970s where the automation of library
maintained as a composite database, and a subset of the operations is no longer a promise but a demonstrated
file relevant to the specialization of the organization is success. Faced with economic realities, the availability of
selected by such criteria as LC class numbers or subject bibliographic information in machine-readable form
headings, added to the records in the system not included and the possibility of sharing these resources through
in MARC, and both types made available on-line to computer technology, there is an increasing awareness
participating libraries. A full free text search is provided that standardization, nationally and internationally, is the
with a modified Key-Word-in-Context (KWIC) display sine qua non of the information system.
for titles, series names, conference names, corporate The benefits that accrue to a library and its clients from
the establishment of and the conformity to standards are
many. Products from different sources will mesh. Records
o
The Ohio College Library Center is the most advanced system at this from different libraries will be interchanged. Machine
time providing this type of service. systems will be more easily developed and shared. Union
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catalogs will be possible without costly editing for 7. Library of Congress, Information Systems Office. MARC
consistency, thus facilitating interlibrary loan. Cost of Manuals Used by the Library of Congress, 2nd Ed.;
local changes to catalog records will be minimized. It
will be advantageous for vendors to manufacture hard-
American Library Assoc.: Chicago, 1970, 1 vol. (various
pagings). First edition published in 1969.
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8. Library of Congress, MARC Development Office. Serials:
ware to handle the requirements of libraries. The process
A MARC Format; Specifications for Magnetic Tapes
of ordering, cataloging, etc., will be more uniform. There- Containing Catalog Records for Serials, 2nd Ed.; 1974.
fore, less searching and bibliographic verification will be Washington, D.C., 104 pp. Preliminary edition, 1970;
necessary and duplication of effort will be avoided. Addendum no. 1, June 1971; 2nd Ed., pre-print edition,
Networking will be facilitated. Various databases will be 1973.
accessible through the use of standard protocol. Service to 9. Library of Congress, Information Systems Office. Maps: A
the user will be improved, and that is really what MARC MARC Format; Specifications for Magnetic Tapes Con-
is all about. taining Catalog Records for Maps; Library of Congress:
Washington, DC, 1970, 45 pp. For sale by the Super-
intendent of Documents, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402, $0.50, LC 1.2:M18/6. Addenda
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