Cataloguing to UK MARC records for the uninitiated using dBase III

Abstract

Entry of data in the format of MARC records is a difficult procedure involving the use of codes which have to be memorised or located from manuals. We suggest that a program can be written in dBase III which prompts the cataloguer with a series of fairly simple questions about the book, and places data in appropriate fields in a dBase record. The resulting set of records can be converted very simply into UK MARC records and added to other records produced by more conventional means.

Citation

Findlay, A. and Motherwell, S. (1987), "Cataloguing to UK MARC records for the uninitiated using dBase III", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046964