Search

This paper considers whether in order to achieve a "bibliographic continuum" the book trade and the library community can benefit from exchange of product metadata. It considers the potential of the ONIX metadata set for libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper will provide an overview of UNIMARC Guideline no. 6: Electronic Resources. The Guideline shows how the UNIMARC format is to be used when creating bibliographic records for electronic resources. Several aspects of describing electronic resources using UNIMARC format will be discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In March 2001, the UNIMARC Manual - Authorities Format, 2nd Edition was published by K.G. Saur on behalf of the IFLA UBCIM Programme. This edition replaced UNIMARC/Authorities: Universal Format for Authorities, published in 1991. The Permanent UNIMARC Committee initiated the production of a new edition to align UNIMARC with the recommendations of the IFLA Report, Mandatory Data Elements of Internationally Shared Resource Authority Records; in addition, it was recognised that after 10 years of practical use there were many other useful enhancements. This paper will describe these changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The experience of the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) and Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) with round trip conversion of UNIMARC data to a MARC 21-based format shows that there are considerable difficulties in such a conversion. However, various techniques can be used to deal quite successfully with the incompatibilities of those two formats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OCLC's involvement with UNIMARC/Bibliographic is outlined briefly, beginning with the February 1995 decision to pursue international growth, through the development of UNIMARC and MARC 21 conversion utilities during 1995 and 1996, and implementation in various phases between March 1997 and early 1998. Some major conceptual and practical differences between UNIMARC and MARC 21 are also mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]