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Library Classification and Cataloguing Theory

Notes edition and/or other appearances of the same work, it is necessary to add (where relevant) variations
in the title, the name of the editor, translator, etc., the name of the publisher, the pagination,
illustrative matter and size, the name of the series of which the book forms part.
With these priorities in mind and making adjustments in order to bring together) items which
together make up one part of the entry, the following sequence send logical: title; edition; imprint;
collation; series; other information.

Self Assessment
Fill in the blanks:
1. In ...................., the International Standard Bibliographic Description for monographic pub-
lications (ISBDM) was published.
2. In a dictionary catalogue, .................... is considered very important.
3. Reference entries are found in a .................... catalogue.
4. The information that are supposed to be in a catalogue card are recorded in the ....................
form.

14.6 Machine Readable Catalogue—MARC Programme

The origin of MARC in the Library of Congress can be traced to the King’s report of 1963. The
MARC Pilot Project (MARC I) was started in 1966. The Library of Congress started distributing on
a weekly basis machine readable catalogue data to select libraries.
The information that are supposed to be in a catalogue card are recorded in the TAPE form. The
information thus recorded in the tape form by the Library of Congress is known as ‘MARC TAPE’.
Many libraries receive this tape for the following purposes:
(a) Book selection and ordering
(b) Printing catalogue cards
(c) Library’ automation purpose
(d) Providing SDI services, etc.
Many organizations used the MARC Pilot Project (MARC I) with the help of the computers and
produced successful results.
Since MARC I had certain limitations i.e., each part of a catalogue entry could not exceed a certain
length or number of characters, Library of Congress decided to introduce the modified form of
machine readable catalogue records. A new format was developed and this format came to be
known as MARC II.

14.6.1 MARC II
Library of Congress distributed the MARC II tapes to libraries from March 1969. In the beginning
the coverage was limited to currently catalogued American Imprints.

Salient Features

1. This format made the record much more flexible.
2. Apart from the usual description found in AACR II, this format includes D.D.C., Library of
Congress classification numbers, Library of Congress subject headings, etc.
3. This format enables accessing a record in the machine readable file.
4. Subscribers found that MARC Tapes were timely enough to be used in book selection,
ordering and cataloguing.

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