Self Evaluation 4

1.    True or False?  Once a record is entered into a MARC database, a library copying that record cannot adjust or edit it to change the information it contains.

        True        False

     

2.    True or False?  A MARC record will show more information on it than is shown for the same cataloging record in the format that library users see on a computer catalog.

     True        False

     

3.    True or False?  In a MARC record, many field tags can be repeated as many times as is necessary to enter all of the pieces of information needed.

     True        False

     

4.    True or False?  Non-book items cannot be cataloged in MARC format.

     True        False

 

5.    True or False?  Computers sharing cataloging information communicate best when the complete version of MARC is used, rather than a simplified version of the MARC format.

     True        False

     

6.    True or False?  Because MARC tagging is difficult and complicated, only the professional catalogers at the Library of Congress or at cataloging database companies should try to work with MARC.

         True        False