MARC+tags

= **ALL MARC TAGS** = = = =
 * FIRST CHOICE **
 * //Tag of the Month.// Follett Software Company. @http://www.follettsoftware.com/tagofthemonth.cfm. Updated 11/17
 * "This helpful resource features a description and working examples of the most commonly used MARC Bibliographic and Authority tags as well as sample MARC records for many types of materials."
 * OTHER EXCELLENT CHOICES **
 * //MARC 21 Lite Bibliographic Format//. Library of Congress. []
 * Summary of all MARC tags.
 * //Guide to MARC Fields//. Auburn (AL) University Libraries. []
 * Explain basic MARC fields with a list of MARC tags
 * One of the best sources for identifying the information contained in a MARC field
 * //Cataloging Manual for Minerva & Solar Libraries//. Maine InfoNet. [].
 * Discussion of all MARC tags

FOLLOWING ARE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UNIQUE OR NOTABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF MARC TAGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN PROFESSIONAL DISCUSSIONS =

020 ISBN
There are several reasons why the covers may not be showing up -- there is no ISBN in your MARC record or the ISBN in your MARC record does not match an ISBN in the place where Destiny is getting the thumbnails. This can happen because you have a different edition - sometimes you get a picture but it is not the picture that is on the cover of your book - there are more than 1 ISBN number in the record and the one used is not yours.

=082-Dewey Number= =
 * How one school systematizes the call numbers for the district (Dillon School District Two) @http://www3.dillon.k12.sc.us/staff/catalogingdsd2specs.asp

= =240 - Uniform Title Example= 100 $a Grass, Günter 240 $a Blechtrommel $l English (subfield l indicates the language the item has been translated into) 245 $a The tin drum $c Günter Grass ; a new translation from the German by Breon Mitchell

=245 $h-General Materials Designation= AACR2R designation for the media group an item belongs to. The 245 $h field always appears immediately after the 245 $a. THIS WILL NO LONGER BE USED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RDA.
 * = [activity card] ||= [microscope slide] ||
 * = [art original] ||= [model] ||
 * = [art reproduction] ||= [motion picture] ||
 * = [braille] ||= [music] ||
 * = [cartographic material] ||= [picture] ||
 * = [chart] (not a map) ||= [realia] ||
 * = [diorama] ||= [slide] ||
 * = [electronic resource] ||= [sound recording] ||
 * = [filmstrip] ||= [technical drawing] ||
 * = [flash card] ||= [text] ||
 * = [game] ||= [toy] ||
 * = [kit] ||= [transparency] ||
 * = [manuscript] ||= [videorecording] ||
 * = [microform] ||=  ||


 * The GMDs “globe” and “map” have both been replaced by “cartographic material,” (i.e., “globe” and “map” are no longer acceptable GMDs).
 * The GMD “computer file” has been replaced by “electronic resource”.

**440-Obsolete**

There seems to be much confusion about the cataloguing of **series.**

As of June 2006, the Library of Congress no longer authorizes series statements. However, most cataloguing agencies (including mine) continue to use/create them. The **440 tag was made obsolete** in December 2008. The series statement as it appears on the item is entered in a **490** tag. The authorized form of the series statement is entered in a **8xx** tag. **Never use a 490 tag without also using a corresponding 8xx tag .** Rest of the article by Lynne LeGrow in her blog //Cataloging Aids []/// =

= = 526-Reading level = From: "Allison G. Kaplan" <__ agkaplan@wisc.edu __For those of you who took cataloging after 2003, you may recall a MARC tag #526, the Study Program Information note. This tag can be repeated and used for noting the reading level based on **Accelerated Reader, Lexile,** or any other kind of reading program. So the book doesn't have to have a blue dot, it doesn't have to have the information inside of it, it doesn't have to be shelved in reading level order instead of subject order. It's an easy tag to use and most automated systems now allow for searching the 5XX tags (but you will need to check if they search beyond the first level of the tag).

=6XX Subfield $v-Form subdivision= >
 * "Subfield $v : Implementation of Form Subdivisions at Yale []

=655-Genre= > >> >
 * Genre (Library of Congress) []
 * "An Incomplete Subject/Genre List" @http://bpeck.com/references/SubjectsAndGenres.html
 * This list is composed of genre headings from GSAFD (//Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc.),// LCSH (//Library of Congress Subject Headings)// and MPGFG //(Moving Image Genre-form Guide).// Note that the links at the top of this list are no longer valid but the list is exhaustive and will easily fulfill most school library needs.
 * EXAMPLE: Your MARC entry would look like 655 _7 Adventure fiction $2 gsafd
 * EXAMPLE: Your MARC entry would look like 655 _7 Audiobooks $2 lchs
 * Another exhaustive list can be found at LCSH Topical Headings Usable as Genre Headings @http://www.hahnlibrary.net/libraries/formgenre.html
 * A note about the 655 field in Follett's Destiny

=658-Curriculum objective=
 * Curriculum Objective (Library of Congress) []