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From NDMSO: >>> Rebecca S Guenther 1/27/2009 >>> When USMARC harmonized with CANMARC, the format was named MARC 21. Further information is here: http://www.loc.gov/marc/annmarc21.html Since that time, many other national libraries have moved from their national formats to MARC 21, including (among others), the UK, Germany, Finland, and Spain. Rebecca S. Guenther Senior Networking and Standards Specialist Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE Washington, DC 20540 Washington, DC 20540-4402 (202) 707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX) [log in to unmask] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:39:54 -0000 From: "Brown, Alan" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] marc21 and usmarc At 22 January 2009 16:28 Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Does anybody here know the difference between MARC21 and USMARC? > > I am munging sets of MARC bibliographic data from a III catalog with > holdings data from the same. I am using MARC::Batch to read my bib' > data (with both strict and warnings turned off), insert 853 and 863 > fields, and writing the data using the as_usmarc method. Therefore, I > think I am creating USMARC files. I can then use marcdump to... dump > the records. It returns 0 errors. Eric, This isn't an encoding thing is it? I know that a number of III catalogues still encode their diacritics using the MARC8 version of USMARC. We have changed ours to Unicode now, but we did have an issue of the catalogue outputting unicode records that weren't tagged as such in the leader and so couldn't be identified as proper MARC21 (current version of USMARC). III have solved this with their latest release. This issue had me scratching my head with a lot of my MARC::Record scripts, but generally they failed quite spectacularly. regards Alan Brown -- Alan Brown Library Systems Liaison Officer Resource Services Bury Libraries Textile Hall Manchester Rd Bury BL9 0DG Tel 0161 253 5877 Fax 0161 253 6003 http://www.bury.gov.uk/libraries http://library.bury.gov.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Why not visit our website www.bury.gov.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this e-mail and any files transmitted with it is for the intended recipient(s) alone. It may contain confidential information that is exempt from the disclosure under English law and may also be covered by legal,professional or other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by using the reply facility on your e-mail system. If this message is being transmitted over the Internet, be aware that it may be intercepted by third parties. As a public body, the Council may be required to disclose this e-mail or any response to it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 unless the information in it is covered by one of the exemptions in the Act. By responding to this e-mail you accept that your response may be subject of recording/monitoring to ensure compliance with the Council's ICT Security Policy. Electronic service accepted only at [log in to unmask] and on fax number 0161 253 5119 . *************************************************************