Understanding MARC Authority Records
Many library professionals have not had an opportunity to take formal courses explaining the important topics of library automation and the role of MARC, yet automated library systems remain an important part of their libraries.
This document explains -- in the simplest terms possible -- what a MARC authority record is, and provides the basic information needed to understand and evaluate a MARC authority record. A companion document, Understanding MARC Bibliographic, focuses on the MARC bibliographic record.
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