Das, Dhrubajit(INFLIBNET Center, November NaN, 2004)
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Abstract:
Standardisation in the exchange formats and structure of a database is essential to facilitate
exchange of data in efficient and effective way between the libraries. The adoption of
different standard creates incompatibility in exchanging data which act as a major barrier in
the use of bibliographic and related information. Format compatibilities are necessary for
computerized cataloguing data and these are being standardized by the ISO. The MARC
21 format is one of the popular standard exchange format which adhere to ISO 2709
standard and are using majority of the countries in the world. For exchanging data in machine
readable form. This paper discusses the history and development of MARC formats, its
structure and salient features which made MARC format a set of standard for identifying,
storing and communicating cataloguing information.