Learning MARC

As catalogers become more familiar with the information contained in MARC records, they begin to memorize the most commonly used tags, easily spotting the main entry in 100, the title and author statement in 245, publishing information in 260, physical description in 300, notes in the 5XX and subject headings in the 6XX. Just like any other aspect of cataloging, recognizing these standards in each record helps make sense out of the list of information on the page or computer screen.

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