MARC STANDARDS

MARC 21 Formats


MARC Format Overview -- Edition and Update Information
Ordering Documentation: Print | CD-ROM
MARC Format Documentation
- Bibliographic
- Bibliographic (LITE)
- Authority
- Holdings
- Classification
- Community Information
MARC Code Lists
- Countries
- GACs
- Languages
- Organizations
- Relators
- Sources
MARC Field Lists
- Bibliographic
- Authority
- Holdings
- Classification
- Community Information

MARC Concise Formats (2012 Edition) available to download as PDF

- Table of Contents [PDF, 24 KB]
- General Introduction [PDF, 27 KB]
- Bibliographic [PDF, 765 KB]
- Authority [PDF, 387 KB]
- Holdings [PDF, 231 KB]
- 2012 Changes [PDF, 15 KB]

Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media
MARC 21 Translations
Tutorial: Understanding MARC Bibliographic
Tutorial: Understanding MARC Authority Records
Tutorial: Understanding MARC Holdings Records

MARC Mappings
- MARC 21 to MODS
- MODS to MARC 21
- Dublin Core to MARC 21
- MARC 21 to Dublin Core
- Digital Geospatial Metadata to MARC
- GILS
- MARC to Digital Geospatial Metadata
- MARC Character Sets to UCS/Unicode
- ONIX to MARC 21
- UNIMARC to MARC 21
- PREMIS
- MIX
- TextMD

U.S. National Level Requirements
- MARC 21 Authority
- MARC 21 Bibliographic


MARC Notebook

Content Related Notes
Electronic Resource Notes
Format Related Notes
Record Interchange Notes


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