Re: [Koha-devel] Re: MARC standards and North America

[COURYHOUSE]

just for grins  we have the  orig. ancient MARC standards  pilot project book here.... at some point shall scan it and put it online

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC


> Subj:[Koha-devel] Re: MARC standards and North America 
> Date:8/30/2002 11:25:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time
> From:address@hidden
> To:address@hidden
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> Steven,
> Thanks for passing this along.  I'm cc:ing the devel list so that it hits
> a wider audience.
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> -pate
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> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 address@hidden wrote:
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> > Friday, August 30, 2002    23:56 CDT
> >
> > Hey Koha folks,
> >
> > Just finished skimming through the transcript of the IRC mtg. and had one
> > minor correction to offer:
> >
> > MARC21 is the emergent *North American* standard and represents the
> > collaboration of LC and the NLC (National Library of Canada) in creating
> > the unified MARC21 out of differing practices in USMARC and CANMARC. This
> > is ongoing, of course (still hammering out things, as attested in AUTOCAT
> > listserv discussion on differing application of genre terms despite the
> > 'decision' to adopt the Canadian codes, still resisted in practice by
> > former USMARCers).
> >
> > If you want to check on this, visit either the LC or NLC site for info the
> > history of MARC21 and you'll see that Paul was a little off in saying that
> > MARC21 was US only.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven F. Baljkas
> > lib. tech. lurker in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
> > <address@hidden>
> >