MARC stands for Machine Readable CatalogingWelcome to Code4Lib BC! Begun in Summer 2013, this chapter aims to create connections and many professional development opportunities for folks in the code4lib community find themselves working with MARC records at some point. This page is meant to be a round-up of the tools for working with MARC. If you want a general introduction to the standard, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARC_standards the Wikipedia article] is a good place to start. MARC data is usually expressed either in ISO 2709 ("binary") form or MARCXML formfrom British Columbia and surrounding areas.
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== Reference information '''Tenth Code4Lib BC Unconference 2025''' ==
* [http://www.loc.gov/marc/ Library of Congress MARC Standards Pages] (covers MARC21; formerly USMARC)* [http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/ukmarc.html British Library UKMARC Pages]* [http://archive.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-1/sec-uni.htm IFLA UNIMARC Pages]* [http://www.oclc.org/content/bibformats/en.html OCLC MARC Pages]'''Save the dates!'''
== Desktop tools ==* Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 17 October* [https://www.eventbrite.ca/ Registration coming soon]
* [http://marcedit.reeset.net/ MarcEdit]This year's C4LBC will be held in Vancouver, BC, and hosted by Emily Carr
* [http://csharpmarc.net/ C# MARC Editor]: is a simple and light weight MARC Editor for Windows=== What's it all about? ===
* [http://www.autoIt's a 2-day unconference -graphics.com/download/SHOWMARC.EXE Showmarc]: is a DOS program that will show all the MARC fields used participant-driven meeting bringing together a diverse and how many times each is usedopen community of library developers and non-developers engaging in effective, collaborative problem-solving through technology regardless of their department or background.
* [http://rossjohnsonThis year’s event will feature lightning talks and breakout sessions.homemailLightning talks are brief, 10-minute presentations on topics related to library technologies.com.au/MARCRTP/ MARC Record Translation Program] (MARC RTP) is a command line utility that shows fields and subfields used Breakout sessions are an opportunity to bring participants together in an ad hoc fashion for a collection short, yet sustained period of MARC records and then convertsproblem solving, software development and selectively imports, into databases built with general-purpose applicationsfun.
* The [http'''What's included''':a room, coffee//www.loc.gov/marc/marc-functional-analysis/tool.html FRBR Display Tool] takes a file of MARC records and creats XML and HTML files arranged using the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records principles.tea, wifi, power
* [http'''What to bring'''://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/freeware/marcxgen.htm MarcXGen] is a Marc URL extractor your ideas and HTML generator. Useful for link checking MARC recordsenthusiasm.
* [http'''Socials Hashtag'''://www.loc.gov/marc/makrbrkr.html MARCMaker and MARCBreaker] are DOS programs by the Library of Congress for converting MARC records to a text format and back.`#c4lbc`
* '''Code of Conduct''': As a Code4Lib event, we adhere to the [http://wwwbit.bl.ukly/bibliographic/usemarcon.html USEMARCONcoc4lib Code4Lib Code of Conduct] is , which seeks to provide a multiwelcoming, harassment-platform rule-based MARC record manipulation program. It is a command-line utility but there is also a GUI for itfree environment.
== Getting Marc Indexed for Search Engines ==
=== MARC in Solr Lightning Talk and Breakout Session Ideas===
* SolrMarc https://githubIf there’s a neat project you've been working on, a cool new tool you want to show off, or an interesting development in the world of library technology that you want to discuss, Code4Lib BC is a great opportunity to share that with the community.com/solrmarc/solrmarc
* Solr http[https://luceneforms.apache.orggle/solrSubmit a lightning talk or breakout session idea -- coming soon!]
* Catmandu http://librecat.org (provides also loading into ElasticSearch, MongoDB and others)===Food===
=== MARC in Zebra ===Coffee/tea and light snacks (think: pastries) will be available at the venue.
* Getting Started with Zebra http://wikiAttendees are encouraged to explore the wide range of food and beverage options nearby.code4lib.org/indexLocal organizers have provided a few recommendations below.phpIf you have dietary restrictions/Getting_Started_with_Zebrapreferences, feel free to ask for specific suggestions!
====Coffee & baked goods====* Zebra http://www.indexdata.com/zebracoming soon
====Meals====
* coming soon
== MARC Programming Libraries = Schedule ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"|-valign="top"! Project !! Language !! class="unsortable" | Links !! class="unsortable" | Notes|-valign="top"| MARC4J || Java || http://marc4j.tigris.org/ || |-valign="top"| javamarc || Java || http://github.com/billdueber/javamarc || Fork of MARC4J|-valign="top"| MARC/Perl || Perl || http://marcpm.sf.net || Umbrella project; see also [http://search.cpan.org/search?query=marc&mode='''''Please note that all CPAN]|-valign="top"| pymarc || Python || http://github.com/edsu/pymarc/ || |-valign="top"| File_MARC || PHP || http://pear.php.net/package/File_MARC/ || PEAR package; sanctioned fork of PHP-MARC|-valign="top"| PHP-MARC || PHP || http://www.emilda.org/index.php?q=php-marc || Abandonedtimes are PT (?Vancouver, Canada); served as basis for File_MARC|-valign="top"| ruby-marc || Ruby || http://rubyforge.org/projects/marc/ <br/> http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Ruby-marc |||-valign="top" | enhanced-marc || Ruby || http://github.com/rsinger/enhanced-marc || Convenience methods for ruby-marc|-valign="top" | marc21 || Scheme || http://code.google.com/p/marc21 |||-valign="top"| marcerl || Erlang || svn://pubserv.oclc.org/marcerl|| Very alpha code|-valign="top"| Scala-MARC || Scala || http://github.com/achelous/Scala-MARC || |-valign="top"| MARC Library (SobekCM) || C# || http://sourceforge.net/projects/marclibrary/ || Implemented in .NET 4.0 with LINQ and streams with Z39.50 support|-valign="top"| CSharp MARC || C# || http://csharpmarc.net || Based upon File_MARC Pear packaged for PHP, but restyled for use in .NET|-valign="top"| MARC.NET || C# || http://github.com/willkurt/MARC.NET || basic start, not thoroughly 'real world' tested|-valign="top"| marc_record.js || JavaScript || http://www.pusc.it/bib/mel/marc_record.js (dead link) || Part of [http://www.pusc.it/bib/mel/ MARC Editor Lite] (dead link)|-valign="top"| marcjs || JavaScript (node) || https://github.com/fredericd/marcjs || |-valign="top"| USEMARCON || C++ || http://www.nationallibrary.fi/libraries/format/usemarcon.html || A rule-based MARC record conversion library|-valign="top"| clj-marc || Clojure || http://github.com/phochste/clj-marc || Basic MARC21 and Aleph500 sequential export parser|-valign="top"| MARC4J.Net || C# || https://github.com/mxurshid/MARC4J.Net || https://www.nuget.org/packages/MARC4J.Net|-valian="top"| marc4js || JavaScript (Node.js) || https://github.com/jiaola/marc4js || Read/transform/write records with Node stream api. Handles MARC8 and UTF8.|-valign="top"| marcli || Go || https://github.com/hectorcorrea/marcli || Command line to parse MARC files|-valign="top"| fml || Go || https://github.com/MITLibraries/fml || MARC 21 library for Go |}'''
A feed of commit messages and release announcements from many of the projects listed above can be found at http==== Day 1 ://pipes.yahoo.com/gmcharlt/marctoolchanges.Thursday, October 16 ====
== Utilities and Frameworks =={| class="wikitable sortable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-valign="top"! Project !! Language !! class="unsortable" | Links !! class="unsortable" 9:00 | Notes| Welcome and announcements|-valign="top"| MarcXimiL 9:15 || Python Lightning talks* you?|-| http10://marcximil.sourceforge.net/ 30 || Bibliographic Similarity Analysis Framework Break|-valign="top"| Catmandu 10:45 || Perl Lightning talks (continued)* placeholder|-| http12://librecat.org 00 || An ETLLunch|-framework to extract, transform and load MARC (and other formats) from/to various databases, indexes| 1:00 || Breakout sessions * placeholder|-valign="top"| Syntax highlight for bat command 2:30 || YAML Break|-| https2://gist.github.com/pabloab/0a532be47e5cf9e12e396cd79d7feabc 45 || Sublime syntax for MARC line mode files Breakout sessions (yaz-marcdumpcontinued), used by syntect and therefore by [https* placeholder|-| 4://github.com/sharkdp/bat bat] 00 || Breakout reports|-| 5:00 || Social event?
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== Getting Sample Data ==Day 2 : Friday, October 17 ===={| class="wikitable"| 8:30 || Venue opens|-| 9:00 || Welcome and announcements|-| 9:15 || Lightning talks* placeholder|-| 10:30 || Break|-| 11:00 || Lightning talks (continued)* placeholder|-| 12:00 || Lunch|-| 1:30 || Breakout session organization|-| 1:45 || Breakout sessions * placeholder|-| 2:45 || Break|-| 3:00 || Breakout sessions (continued)* placeholder|-| 4:00 || Breakout session reports|}
One common question is where to get sample MARC records for testing or playing around with. If you work at a library, chances are good that you can get some records out of your ILS (go ask your systems librarian if you don't know how to do this yourself). If you don't work in a library, you can get [http://www.archive.org/details/ol_data MARC bibliographic records from the Internet Archive].=== Sponsors ===
You can also get We want to acknowledge the continued administrative and fiscal support from the [httphttps://wwwbc.hathitrustlibraries.orgcoop/data MARCXML data for titles in HathiTrust through OAI-PMHBC Libraries Cooperative].
There is a nascent movement within the code4lib community to establish a test set of problematic MARC records, especially records that are representative of the kinds of weirdness that is encountered in real libraries. It is hoped that this could eventually become a test corpus against which to run various MARC processing implementations. For more information, watch [http://www.archive.org/details/MARCTHULU Simon Spero's excellent talk from Code4LibCon 2010].=== 2025 Organizers ===
MARC records for authority data are more common. The [http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/download.html Getty Vocabularies] makes both the The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) and The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) freely available. The [http://www.library.northwestern.edu/public/gsafd/ Guidelines On Subject Access To Individual Works Of Fiction, Drama, Etc.] records are available from Northwestern University. The [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/filelist.html Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)] are available in many formats, one of them being MARC.* Rebecca Dickson* Hillary Webb* Tamarack Hockin* Michel Castagné
== Reporting on How MARC Has Been Used ='''Past Events''' =
See our [https://web[BC_Past_Events|past events]] page.archive.org/web/20160309230658/http://experimental.worldcat.org/marcusage/ MARC Usage in WorldCat] - A snapshot of a former site that reports on how MARC has been used within the 300 million record WorldCat database
