Re: Reports and MARC Record Fields

["Ryan Athana" <rathana@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Ryan Athanas
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
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Bellport, New York 11713
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Thomsen" <et@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <innopac@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Reports and MARC Record Fields


> The Cataloging Calculator is a great tool, and it could definitely be
> useful to people using MARC fields in Create Lists who need a quick
> reference to look up a particular field.  It's probably most useful,
> however, for people who are already reasonably MARC-savvy.  We also find
> that people who understand basic MARC, but can't remember what tag is used
> for contents notes or a summary note or whatever, often just look at a
> sample record to see the tags.
>
> But since we have so many people at so many libraries using Create Lists,
> and many of them have a limited knowledge of (and interest in) MARC, we
> also try to provide very basic directions, for the most common fields
> useful in Create Lists.  I think knowing how to use 245|ab, 100|a, 505 and
> 520 are the things are our people use most often for doing lists, but
> learning just these few tags definitely improves their ability to get some
> great lists in a useful format.
>
> The thing that's useful for non-catalogers to understand about using MARC
> with Create Lists is that the MARC tags are usually more specific than the
> field group tags, and give you more control.  Using specific 5xx tags,
> rather the notes field group, is one example of that.  Another is the
> subject headings-- I have an example I showed at the IUG that used subject
> headings that began with African American and included the subfield
> Biography, like "African American inventors -- Biography" and then listed
> from those records the 600 field, to get a list of personal names.
> http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/lists/africanamerican.htm
>
> -- 
> Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers MA 01923
> et@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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