MARC XX project : oral history, 1988-1990.

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MARC XX project : oral history, 1988-1990.

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This project, underwritten by the American Library Association, deals with the impact of the closing of card catalogs and the early use of computers in library work. A series of interviews with staff members of the Library of Congress (LC) and other organizations intsrumental in shaping the development of library automation reviews the first twenty years. The focus is on MARC (MAchine Readable Cataloging), a program initiated at LC in 1965 to encode bibliographic data in a format readable by computers and distribute records so encoded to other libraries. Various institutions developed computer programs to manipulate MARC-format records in support of many of many library activities, including cataloging, aquisitions and reference. On-line catalogs and sophisticated bibliographic networks are outgrowths of these pioneering efforts. Other major dedvelopments discussed include revision of format (MARC II), establishment of standards, international MARC format (UNIMARC), retrospecxtive conversion of records (REMARC), and ongoing problem. Participants and pagination: Henriette Avram, 130; Larry Buckland, ; Paul Fasana, 35; Kay D. Guiles, 44; Fred Kilgour, 51; Barbara Markuson, ; Lucia Rather, 47; William J. Welsh, 22.

Transcripts: 329 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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