What does a MARC record look like?
Here are 3 “views” of a MARC record–what the computer sees (not very readable to humans!), the same record formatted for human eyes to read (the cataloging software has added tag numbers, and names of fields, and formatted it in separate lines so the average human eye can read it), and as the record would appear if printed on a catalog card. (Note: this is a record from the Library of Congress; it exceeds the minimum cataloging required for the SILO Locator.) MARC record as a computer sees it (although it reads it in one continuous stream, without the line breaks): 00817pam 2200277 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000280008 804000180011604900240013405000220015808200170018010000220019724500610021924 600440028025000120032426000390033630000340037550000200040965000290042965000 1900458650002900477650003300506-sw00001 -DLC-19990315150853.0-970626s1997 nyua 001 0 eng – a 97022798 – a0609600907 (alk. paper)- aDLCcDLCdDLC- aA8OXD787n610.1 Mys-00aR726.5b.M98 1
