Hello:
We have just received 2000 issue 1 of Cataloger's Desktop but have
not installed it yet. Is MARC 21 for Authority Data included in
issue of of Cataloger's Desktop or will it be included in issue 2.
Any light that anyone can shed would be greatly appreciated.
Mary Curran
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:39:07 -0500
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> Subject: MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
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> MARC 21 Format for Authority Data (1999 Edition)
> Network Development and MARC Standards Office
> Library of Congress
>
> The 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data is now available
> from the Library of Congress. As the comprehensive documentation on the
> MARC 21 authority format, this publication defines the content designators
> and codes (tags, indicators, subfield codes, and coded values) that
> identify the data elements in MARC 21 authority records. This new
> publication supersedes the 1993 edition and Updates No. 1 (July 1995) and
> No. 2 (March 1997) of the USMARC Format for Authority Data as well as the
> base text of the Canadian MARC Communication Format: authorities. In
> addition, it includes changes to the authority format resulting from
> proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA
> Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) at its
> meetings from 1998 through June 1999 and by the Canadian Committee on MARC
> (CCM) at its meetings from 1998 through June 1999.
>
> >From 1994-1997, the USMARC and CAN/MARC user communities worked to
> eliminate all remaining differences in their two formats. In 1997 and
> early 1998, updates to the formats were issued that made the format
> specifications identical. MARC 21 is the new name of the harmonized
> CAN/MARC and USMARC Formats.
>
> MARC 21 Format for Authority Data (ISBN 0-8444-0997-9) is available for
> $50 (North America-- except Canada) and $60 (outside North America) from:
>
> Library of Congress
> Cataloging Distribution Service
> Customer Services Section
> Washington, DC 20541-4912
> http://www.loc.gov/cds
> TEL: 1-202-707-6100
> FAX: 1-202-707-1334
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> French versions of MARC 21 publications and English versions in
> Canada are available from:
>
> Canadian Govt. Publishing
> PWGSC
> Ottawa, Ontario K1A OA9 Canada
> http://publications.pwgsc.gc.ca
> TEL: 1-800-635-7943
> FAX: 1-800-565-7757
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>
> March 21, 2000
>
>
> This announcement is also at:
> http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/marc21_auth_ann.html
>
Mary G Curran (nee Ratsoy)
Coordinator, Bibliographic Standards
TSD, University of Ottawa
65 University Ave
Ottawa ON
K1N 9A5
(613)-562-5800 ext. 3590
fax:(613)-562-5196
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