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Data Entry in MARC Format as per AACR-2 Rule
Data Entry in MARC Format as per AACR-2 Rule
Dear All,
For any library professional who deals with document cataloguing, it is always challenge to do proper cataloguing in order to enable appropriate and proper searching based on available data entered or maintained. Sometimes, professional finds difficult when he/she comes across different kind of books such as single author, two authors, three authors, more than three authors, editor, corporate author, meeting name and so on.
As a result, if professional is not through with rules, may commit mistake in cataloguing as well as in data entry.
Keeping that in view, I prepared on document for proper data entry in MARC format based on AACR-2 Rule. This documents covers almost all possible cases we generally come across in our library. It also describes the minimum MARC fields required for any document to do the data entry.
This PDF document can be downloaded at http://www.dptripathi.in/download/marc.pdf
I have also developed an Android Application which can be installed on any Android Supported Smartphone.
This app can be downloaded at www.dptripathi.in/download/marc21.apk
It includes the full details about MARC (Source: www.loc.gov)
Hope this will be useful for the professionals and profession.
Your suggestion and feedback for further improvement is most welcome.
Thanks
DP Tripathi
NIT Rourkela
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Permalink Reply by AJITHAN RADHAKRISHNAN on
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Very Good
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Permalink Reply by ABDUL GAFOOR on
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Dear Sir,
Your work is absolutely useful for me since i have a little knowledge in marc and been trying to map my Accession register which i have taken in to excel sheet to convert to marc format. I am trying to switching from commercial software auto lib to koha. I would like to know one more thing that what is the Tag No, for ACCESSION No. and where it could given? pls give me ur valuable suggestion.
Abdul Gafoor
Librarian, MES College
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ScholarPermalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on -
Thanks Sri D.P. Tripathi.
It is a very useful handy tool.
However, I have just one question. what should be the actual card size if you want to have a printed card (for shelf list purpose)? I am asking because you have mentioned that the second indention should be 12th, type space broad while you have allocated 7.5. cm space for it while standard size of a Catalogue card is roughly 12X08 cm.
Sincerely,
Siddhartha S. Ray
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Permalink Reply by Raajasekhar on
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Good evening sir,
I truly hatsoff to your sincere effort for making it so simple to understand by every one and I must congratulate you for making a successful Android application for handy information of marc details. sir I am very much interested in creating an Android app and I did not find any free source to create and publish app. so, if you don't mind can you please suggest and provide me the procedure of creating and publishing an Android app like you and I will be very thankful to you for the above.
yours sincerely,
G Rajasekhar
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