Description
This book, first published in 1988, is a guide to understand and implement the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations with the goal of making resource sharing of serials easier. Innovative librarians on the cutting edge of technical services and automation offer information on the development of the format, the significant impact it has already had on libraries, as well as discussions about how difficult issues of interpretation have been handled. The contributors to this invaluable volume draw upon their first hand experience with the use of the format, the NISO standards, and the SISAC code to provide other professionals with an introduction to the format and information on how other institutions approached the application of the format to their particular situations.
Table of Contents
Introduction Barry B. Baker 1. Developing a Format for Holdings and Location Data Nolan F. Pope 2. SOLINET's Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations Michele I. Dalehite 3. Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations at the Harvard University Library Priscilla L. Caplan 4. Implementation and Use of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations Greg Anderson 5. Adapting the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations for Local Serials Control: The University of Kansas Serials System John S. Miller 6. VTLS Serials Control: Using the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations in an Integrated, Online System Charles A. Litchfield III and Deborah H. McGrath 7. Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations at the University of Florida Libraries Nancy Lynne Williams 8. Faxon Serial Interfaces: Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations for Serials Check-in and Union List Mary Ellen Clapper 9. The NOTIS Implementation of the USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations Peggy Steele 10. The Display of Serial Holdings Statements Marjorie E. Bloss 11. SISAC: The Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee Minna C. Saxe
