what's wrong with marc?
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From: Linked Data: what cataloguers need to know. A CIG event. 25 November 2013, Birmingham. #cigld http://www.cilip.org.uk/cataloguing-and-indexing-group/events/linked-data-what-cataloguers-need-know-cig-event Accompanying write-up in Catalogue & Index 174: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449459/TRANSCRIPT
What's Wrong With MARC?
Linked Data: what cataloguers need to know #cigldCILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG)
25 November 2013
Thomas [email protected] @orangeaurochs
Card Index Catalogue
http://cardcat.ucl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/carddisplay.pl?card=887;drawer=13;max=931;ctype=C
AACR2 in MARC21245 00 $a Models for decision : $b a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom
Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /
$c edited by C.M. Berners-Lee.260 __ $a London : $b English Universities Press, $c 1965.300 __ $a x, 149 p. : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm.504 __ $a Includes bibliographical references.700 1_ $a Berners-Lee, C. M.
RDA in MARC21245 00 $a Models for decision : $b a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation
Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /
$c edited by C.M. Berners-Lee.264 _1 $a London : $b The English Universities Press Limited, $c 1965.264 _4 $c ©1965300 __ $a x, 149 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm.336 __ $a text $2 rdacontent337 __ $a unmediated $2 rdamedia338 __ $a volume $2 rdacarrier504 __ $a Includes bibliographical references.700 1_ $a Berners-Lee, C. M., $e editor of compilation.
AARC2 in .mrc
00788nam a2200181 a 4500001002700000005001700027008004100044024001500085245021000100260004900310300003200359504004100391650003300432700002300465710003900488710003000527710004900557_UCL01000000000000000477125_20061112120300.0_850710s1965 enka b 000 0 eng _8 _ax280050495_00_aModels for decision :_ba conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /_cedited by C.M. Berners-Lee._ _aLondon :_bEnglish Universities Press,_c1965._ _ax, 149 p. :_bill. ;_c23 cm._ _aIncludes bibliographical references._ 0_aDecision making_vCongresses._1 _aBerners-Lee, C. M._2 _aUnited Kingdom Automation Council._2 _aBritish Computer Society._2 _aOperational Research Society (Great Britain)__
LeaderDirectoryData245 field, final 710 field
What is MARC for?
• Storage• Exchange and distribution• Manipulation• Display• Input (http://www.aurochs.org/zz/marc_input/marc_input.html)
• “Lingua franca of library cataloguing”
Finite Notation Problem
Too many subject schemes650 _0 for LCSH650 _1 for LC for Childrens650 _2 for MeSH…650 _7 Source specified in subfield $2
Not enough indicators246 184 $aThe title on the spine
Data in More Than One Place
Languages008 (positions 35-37) eng041 __ $a eng240 10 $l English546 __ $a In English.
Double Encoding: ISBD and MARC
Blanket : Constellation of Orion, 3.
260 __ $a Blanket$b Constellation of Orion$c 3
260 __ $a Blanket :$b Constellation of Orion,$c 3.
Text, Not Data (1)ISBN020 __ $a 9780285638976 (pbk.)020 __ $a 012002618X (ebook)
Title245 10 $a British goblins :
Place of publication260 __ $a Köln :
Copyright date260 __ $c c2005264 _4 $c ©2002260 _4 $c copyright 2005260 _4 $c ℗1983260 _4 $c phonogram 1993
Extent300 __ $a ix, 300 p. :300 __ $a ix, 300 p. ;300 __ $a ix, 300 p.
Dimensions300 __ $c 23 cm.300 __ $c 9 mm.
Text, Not Data (2)ISBN020 __ $a 9780285638976 020 __ $a 012002618X
Title245 10 $a British goblins :
Place of publication260 __ $a Köln :
Copyright date260 __ $c c2005264 _4 $c ©2002260 _4 $c copyright 2005260 _4 $c ℗1983260 _4 $c phonogram 1993
Extent300 __ $a ix, 300 p. :300 __ $a ix, 300 p. ;300 __ $a ix, 300 p.
Dimensions300 __ $c 23 cm.300 __ $c 9 mm.
Text, Not Data (3)ISBN020 __ $a 9780285638976 : 020 __ $a 012002618X :
Title245 10 $a British goblins :
Place of publication260 __ $a Köln :
Copyright date260 __ $c c2005264 _4 $c ©2002260 _4 $c copyright 2005260 _4 $c ℗1983260 _4 $c phonogram 1993
Extent300 __ $a ix, 300 p. :300 __ $a ix, 300 p. ;300 __ $a ix, 300 p.
Dimensions300 __ $c 23 cm.300 __ $c 9 mm.
Data Mixed UpGMD245 10 $a Data on the web
$h [electronic resource] :$b research and applications /$c Antonis Bikakis, Adrian Giurca (eds.).
245 10 $a Data on the web$b research and applications /$c Antonis Bikakis, Adrian Giurca (eds.).
Nothing allowed after 245$c245 10 $a Enduring resistance :
$b cultural theory after Derrida /$c edited by Sjef Houppermans, Rico Sneller, Peter van Zilfhout. = La résistance
persérvère : la théorie de la culture (d')aprés Derrida / edité par Sjef Houppermans, Rico Sneller, Peter van Zilfhout.
Changing Text as Primary Key for Headings and Authorities
Author heading for deceased personNiemeyer, Oscar, 1907-
Different preferences for writing nameMao, Tse-tung, 1893-1976 [Former heading]Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976毛泽东 , 1893-1976
Small differences could break matchMao, Zedong, 1893-1976.Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
Expressing Relationships
What does this mean?
700 0_ $a Homer.$t Iliad.
700 1_ $a Berners-Lee, Tim.
Record Not Data
00788nam a2200181 a 4500001002700000005001700027008004100044024001500085245021000100260004900310300003200359504004100391650003300432700002300465710003900488710003000527710004900557_UCL01000000000000000477125_20061112120300.0_850710s1965 enka b 000 0 eng _8 _ax280050495_00_aModels for decision :_ba conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /_cedited by C.M. Berners-Lee._ _aLondon :_bEnglish Universities Press,_c1965._ _ax, 149 p. :_bill. ;_c23 cm._ _aIncludes bibliographical references._ 0_aDecision making_vCongresses._1 _aBerners-Lee, C. M._2 _aUnited Kingdom Automation Council._2 _aBritish Computer Society._2 _aOperational Research Society (Great Britain)__
LeaderDirectoryData245 field, final 710 field
Doesn't Handle FRBR/RDA Well245 00 $a Models for decision : $b a conference under the auspices of the United Kingdom Automation
Council organised by the British Computer Society and the Operational Research Society /
$c edited by C.M. Berners-Lee.264 _1 $a London : $b The English Universities Press Limited, $c 1965.264 _4 $c ©1965300 __ $a x, 149 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm.336 __ $a text $2 rdacontent337 __ $a unmediated $2 rdamedia338 __ $a volume $2 rdacarrier504 __ $a Includes bibliographical references.700 1_ $a Berners-Lee, C. M., $e editor of compilation.
Other Considerations
• Only libraries use MARC– Libraries tied to library-specific software/processes– Outside agencies can’t take advantage of library data
and standards (See Also: RDA not freely available)• Not even all of libraries use MARC– Archives– Repositories– Non-MARC LMSs
Marc Must Die / Roy Tennant (2002)
What's Wrong With MARC?
100 1_ $a Meehan, Thomas.245 __ $a What's wrong with MARC /
$c Thomas Meehan.260 __ $a Birmingham :
$b CIG,$c 2013.
490 1 _ $a Linked data500 __ $a Presentation given at the CILIP CIG event " Linked Data: what cataloguers need to know", Birmingham, England, 25 Nov. 2013.710 1_ $a Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Great Britain). Cataloguing and Indexing Group.830 _0 $a Linked data.
References• MARC21 Standards http://www.loc.gov/marc/• MARC21 Bibliographic http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdhome.html• MARC21 Record Structure http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specrecstruc.html• UKMARC Manual http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/ukmarc.html• MARC Must Die / Roy Tennant. (Library Journal , Oct. 2002). http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA250046.html• Report and Recommendations of the U.S. RDA Test Coordinating Committee. Executive Summary http://
www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/rda/source/rda-execsummary-public-13june11.pdf