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USMARC Fields and Data Elements, Pt. II
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Mon Apr 27 12:32:20 1992
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1992 11:10:55 CDT
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USMARC Fields and Data Elements Part 2 of 2.
520=Summary, Abstract, Annotation, Scope, Etc. Note.
Statement of purpose from the library. Or: cite well
established authority on library collection like: Miller, Subject
Collections 6th ed., 1985. Based on self evaluation of libraries.
Or Bonnie, Nelson. A Guide to Published Library Catalogs
(1982). Or Directory of Special Libraries and Information
Centers.
[521]= Target Audience Note.
General Research Lib.
Univ. & College Lib.
Professional School Lib.
Ecclesiastical Lib.
Corporate Lib.
Public Lib.
School lib.
or by levels:
1. Comprehensive Level.
2. Research Level.
3. Study Level
4. Basic Level.
5. Minimal Level.
530=Additional Physical Form Available Note.
Print, cd-rom, magnetic tape...and information on their vendors.
[531]=Rates, cost of use. (See 541).
{not in blue book}
[538]=Technical Details Note.
Host information.
Terminal Emulation Supported.
Communication protocol.
Special protocols: X.500, Z39.50.
MARBI suggests "source machine"?
540=Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note.
???[541]=Immediate Source of Acquisition Note.
Eligibility, fees, procedure note. (See 531).
MARBI claims 541 is "Source of Acquisition" and puts here
network address.
[546]=Language = 041.
[556]=Information about documentation note.
565=Case File Characteristic Note. Number of variables, names, unit of
analysis, filing schem.
567=Methodology Note.
IR method used in the online catalog: Boolian, Probability,
Vector process etc.
584=Accumulation and Frequency Use.
Present some statistics, for example those available by the
command "SHOW STAT" in Melvyl.
586=Awards.
[590]=Local notes.
Network access instruction for Telnet, Username, Password and,
Terminal emulation (also in 538) and logoff procedure.
610=Corporate Subject Heading.
650=Topical Subject Headings.
In the MARC record there are few (from one to fifteen and
sometime more) SHs per item. We can apply analog set of
restrictions to an online catalog and decide upon a certain
number of SH per online catalog.
651=Geographic subject heading.
Use this for the location of the collection so that a user can
specify a desired physical location in hierarchical way. This will
enable the user to do his/her search in geographically defined
areas. The user will be able to select all the online catalogs in
Japan or in Tokyo etc.
[653]=MARBI relates to this field as "Index Term". From the examples
in "Discussion Paper 54" it is not clear what are the guidelines
for filling this field.
MISSING FEATURES IN USMARC FORMAT
ZZZ=Language Distribution Note: what is the distribution of the records
by languages.
ZZZ=It should be possible to identify special collections catalogs and
indexes within an online catalog of large institutions (e.g.
MELVYL).
ZZZ=Interface Options Note: Menu, command, icon driven (Farley).
ZZZ=Word Control Note:
Information about: truncation, searching string within a field
(TW, KW etc.), and stop words.
ZZZ=User Aids Note.
Is online help available? Are there any other tools of
instruction?
Sample screens of record display and a screen of "instruction
by function" (Farley 1991).
ZZZ=Statistical Measures.
Ratio of main SH and LC classification to the whole collection in
absolute number and percentage.
ZZZ=Type Of Library. (See 516).
General Research Lib.
Univ. & College Lib.
Professional School Lib.
Gov. Lib.
Ecclesiastical Lib.
Corporate Lib.
Public Lib.
Noam Kaminer
School of Library and Information Studies
University of California at Berkeley.
E-mail: noam@info.berkeley.edu
