MARC Resources

What is a MARC bibliographic (bib) record? A MARC bib record represents the title record. The contains title information such as the title, author, publication date, publisher, subjects, etc. View more details and examples

What is a MARC Authority record? Contain the standardized forms of names for people, corporate bodies (for example, societies, businesses, institutions, etc.), meetings, titles, and subjects.  View more details and examples

What is a MARC Holdings record? They contain information that leads the user to the location of a bibliographic item. View more details and examples

Official MARC documentation

• Understanding MARC: https://www.loc.gov/marc/umb/ 

• MARC Bibliographic Overview: https://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ 

• MARC Authority Overview: https://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ 

• MARC Holdings Overview: https://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/

FOLIO related modules

• quickMARC modules : https://github.com/folio-org/ui-quick-marc and https://github.com/folio-org/mod-quick-marc 

• SRS related modules: https://github.com/folio-org/mod-source-record-storage and https://github.com/folio-org/mod-source-record-manager 

• data import modules: https://github.com/folio-org/mod-data-import and https://github.com/folio-org/ui-data-import

• OCLC single import: https://github.com/folio-org/edge-connexion

Recordings

• Developer intro sessions: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T_a7xc034FGqTa8dRuWD96V5LoB-r0P_

• Data import demo videos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10lwqsEWcWS6fSSYpOEUbkhCtH7Q2tFx3 

Documentation

• Data Import – Tips & Tricks: https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/display/FOLIOtips/Data+Import

• quickMARC – Tips & Tricks: https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/display/FOLIOtips/quickMARC

• Data Export – Tips & Tricks: https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/display/FOLIOtips/Data+Export

Sample records for testing 

• Sample bibliographic records: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19QQbzZHHzbg8Gp9efgxBsVVJSE70O3mJ?usp=sharing

• Import a MARC bib record via OCLC Worldcat

  • Setup a z39 target profile for OCLC Worldcat

    • Go to Settings > Inventory > z39.50 target profiles > OCLC Worldcat

    • Enter details 

    • Enter authentication: 100473910/PAOLF 

  • Find a OCLC Worldcat record to import 

    • Go to https://www.worldcat.org/

    • Search for a book (e.g. Stone Cold Steve Austin or Khalilah Gambrell... seriously you will find results ) 

    • Copy OCLC number 

  • Import a MARC bib record

    • Go to Inventory app 

    • On the second pane > Click on Actions dropdown > Select import 

    • Choose the OCLC z39.50 target profile 

    • Paste the OCLC number

    • Import 

• MARC authority records?  Go to Library of Congress Authorities   

  1. Go to https://authorities.loc.gov/webvoy.htm

  2. Click Search Authorities link

  3. Select a Search Type 

  4. Hit Begin Search 

  5. Click on Any result with the button Authorized or Authorized Heading 

  6. Click on the Authority Record link

  7. Click on the Heading (1XX) link 

  8. See MARC Display 

  9. At the bottom of the record, you will see an option to download the record. 

• OR use any of the below attachments for files additional MARC authority files 

  • Additional files can be found by clicking Attachments. 

Need to edit/view a MARC record prior to loading into FOLIO?

• Download MarcEdit