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MARC Bibliographic Records: Considerations and Conversion Procedures for Microcomputer Database Programs.

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni; And Others – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994

Describes MARC bibliographic records and presents conversion procedures for microcomputer database programs. Highlights include database design in dBase; format translation programs in BASIC; translating MARC into a delimited record; and writing records from dBase to a delimited file. Five programs are appended. (Contains nine references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Data Conversion

Automation of a Small Corporate Library.

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Muir, Scott P. – Library Software Review, 1991

Describes problems encountered by the staff of the Georgia Power Company Library when they planned for the automation of their catalog. Topics discussed include developing software inhouse versus using commercial software packages; authority control and problems with standardization and subject access; changing from a mainframe to a microcomputer;…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer Software Development