Cataloging with AACR2 and MARC21: 2nd Edition, 2006 Cumulation

Item Number
978-0-8389-0935-5
Published
2006
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pages
688
Width
8 12"
Height
11"

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Recent changes in both cataloging rules (AACR2) and MARC coding standards (MARC21) mean that for catalogers to create or edit records effectively, they need new up-to-date guidance. In a unique one-stop guide, cataloging expert Fritz provides the hands-on cross-references between AACR2 and MARC21 required for easy online cataloging. The 2006 Cumulation brings the second edition up-to-date with the inclusion of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 updates.

Designed to streamline the process and avoid errors, the book is organized in order of MARC tags. Following this step-by-step guide, users can:

  • Identify the rules that govern each MARC field
  • Match resources to records
  • Edit records
  • Create new records easily
  • Clone records for different editions
  • Make individual MARC records "play well" with others in the database.

Beginning catalogers can use this guide to create simple records while experienced catalogers will be able to identify specific rules. Fritz also helps copy catalogers pick better matching records, and systems librarians understand the content of records at the core of their collections. Providing clear, practical, easy-to-use guidance, this authoritative reference is the premier resource for students and instructors as a basis for creating and editing consistently good MARC records. Available in loose-leaf format to fit in a standard 3-ring binder.


Free updates available for this title at www.marcofquality.com/bk/bkindex.html.

Recent changes in both cataloging rules (AACR2) and MARC coding standards (MARC21) mean that for catalogers to create or edit records effectively, they need new up-to-date guidance. In a unique one-stop guide, cataloging expert Fritz provides the hands-on cross-references between AACR2 and MARC21 required for easy online cataloging. The 2006 Cumulation brings the second edition up-to-date with the inclusion of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 updates.

Designed to streamline the process and avoid errors, the book is organized in order of MARC tags. Following this step-by-step guide, users can:

  • Identify the rules that govern each MARC field
  • Match resources to records
  • Edit records
  • Create new records easily
  • Clone records for different editions
  • Make individual MARC records "play well" with others in the database.

Beginning catalogers can use this guide to create simple records while experienced catalogers will be able to identify specific rules. Fritz also helps copy catalogers pick better matching records, and systems librarians understand the content of records at the core of their collections. Providing clear, practical, easy-to-use guidance, this authoritative reference is the premier resource for students and instructors as a basis for creating and editing consistently good MARC records. Available in loose-leaf format to fit in a standard 3-ring binder.


Free updates available for this title at www.marcofquality.com/bk/bkindex.html.

Deborah A. Fritz

Deborah A. Fritz is the co-owner of The MARC of Quality, a Florida-based company that provides training, software, and database services to help librarians create better MARC records. Formerly a cataloging trainer at a multitype library consortium and a cataloger at various libraries, she currently teaches an extensive array of cataloging workshops around the United States. She is the author of Cataloging with AACR2 and USMARC: For Books, Computer Files, Serials, Sound Recofrdings and Videorecordings (ALA, 1999). She is co-developer of several MARC processing programs, including MARC Report and MARC Global. Fritz earned her master's degree in library science at the University of Toronto.