Metadata for general purposes (cont.)
MARC Family (MARC | MODS | MARCXML) Exercises and Sources

Tools

XML schemas for downloading (if you use an XML editor)

• MODS (3.3 and 3.4):
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-4.xsd
  
  
• MARCXML:
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/schema/MARC21slim.xsd
  

Best Practices

• MODS User Guidelines Version 3
  http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/
  
  
• Guidance for MODS record creation: guidelines, note types, examples, source lists http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-guidance.html

Exercises

1.6 Analyze MARC21 Bibliographic records

• Go to Worldcat: http://worldcat.org/
• Find "Lord of the Rings and Philosophy" (book)
• Locate a local library's item from this search results and display the book's MARC record.
• Identify pieces of information (e.g., title, author, etc.)

and Create a MARC record for:

• Gregory Crane. Georeferencing in Historical Collections. D-Lib Magazine, May 2004, Volume 10 Number 5. URL:http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may04/crane/05crane.html

1.7 Analyze MARCXML Example Documents

• Go to: http://www.loc.gov/standards/marcxml/
• Check the section: MARCXML Example Documents -- MARCXML Instance
• Compare with MARC records

1.8 Analyze MODS Example Documents

• Go to: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
• Check the section: : MODS Example Documents

and create MODS records for:

1. Gregory Crane. Georeferencing in Historical Collections. D-Lib Magazine, May 2004, Volume 10 Number 5. URL:http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may04/crane/05crane.html
   
2. Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial. Prepared by Cornell University Library/ Research Department
   *http://preservationtutorial.library.cornell.edu
   
3. Humans And Robots / [Electronic Resource] by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
   Note: search Worldcat to get the bibliographic information.

Value spaces

Name Authorities [search] http://authorities.loc.gov/

• LC Name Authority file (LC NAF)
  
• Subject authority headings
• Title authority headings
• Name/Title authority headings
• Keyword authorities (all)

Controlled vocabularies available as Linked Data

• LC Subject Headings

• LC Name Authority File

• LC Classification

• LC Children's Subject Headings

• LC Genre/Form Terms

• LC Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music

• LC Demographic Group Terms

• Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

• AFS Ethnographic Thesaurus
• Cultural Heritage Organizations

Value lists (including usage guides)

• Relators and Roles
  
• MARC Form of Item Term List
  
• Specific Material Form Term List
  
• MARC Frequency of Issue Term List
  
• MARC Genre Term List
  
• MARC Target Audience Term List
  
• MARC Code List for Organizations

MARC Value Lists also available as Linked Data http://id.loc.gov/

For languages and time (Linked Data)

• ISO639-1 Languages

• ISO639-2 Languages

• ISO639-5 Languages

• Extended Date/Time Format

Preservation schemes (all) as Linked Data http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation.html