Format Conversion Feasibility Work Package 4 of Telematics for Libraries project BIBLINK (LB 4034)

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Table of Contents

1. Document Control
1.1 Abstract
1.2 Keywords
2. Management Overview
3. Glossary
4. Objectives and Scope
4.1 Objectives
4.2 Scope
4.3 Relation to Other Work Packages
4.3.1 WP1 Study of metadata
4.3.2 WP3 Consensus building
4.3.3 WP5 Transmission
4.3.4 WP2 Identification
4.3.5 WP6 Authentication
4.4 Description of Work
5. Stability of MARC formats
5.1 Progress on UK/USMARC Harmonisation
5.2 Progress to describe electronic resources
5.2.1 UNIMARC
5.2.2 UKMARC
5.2.3 USMARC
5.2.4 Other MARC formats
5.3 The impact of change on BIBLINK conversion
5.3.1 Current issues
5.4 Managing changes
5.5 The use of local fields in the absence of approved new fields
5.6 Possible risk points for the project
6. Mapping tables
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Mapping Dublin Core to UNIMARC
6.3 Comments on the Dublin Core - UNIMARC mapping
6.3.1 Title
6.3.2 Creator
6.3.3 Subject
6.3.4 Description
6.3.5 Publisher
6.3.6 Contributors
6.3.7 Date
6.3.8 Type
6.3.9 Format
6.3.10 Identifier
6.3.11 Source
6.3.12 Language
6.3.13 Relation
6.3.14 Coverage
6.3.15 Rights
6.3.16 An example
6.3.17 Final Comments
6.4 Mapping SSSH to UNIMARC
6.4.1 Simplified SGML for Serial Headers (SSSH)
6.4.2 Mapping to UNIMARC
6.4.3 Comments on SSSH issue level information mapping to UNIMARC
6.4.4 Article level mapping
6.4.5 Example SSSH article-level record:
6.4.6 Conclusions
7. Use of intermediate formats
8. Evaluation of USEMARCON
8. 1Introduction
8.1.1 Background to the USEMARCON Project
8.1.2 Progress of the Project
8.1.3 Background Concepts
8.1.4 Brief Description of Existing USEMARCON Program Functionality
8.1.5 Conclusion: functionality
8.2 Implications for Developing USEMARCON for BIBLINK
8.2.1 Terms of Availability for USEMARCON
8.2.2 Effort required to modify USEMARCON
8.3 Alternatives to USEMARCON
8.3.1 Local systems
8.3.2 The ONE project
8.4 Conversion Tests
8.4.1 Results of conversion tests
8.5 Conclusion of USEMARCON evaluation
9. Data elements in CIP records
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Function of a National Bibliography and CIP records.
9.3 The Function of a National Bibliography and CIP records.
9.3.1 National Bibliographies
9.4 CIP Records
9.4.1 BIBLINK and CIP
9.5 British Library Data Element Sets
9.5.1 Core Data for British Library Catalogue
9.5.2 British national Bibliography Minimum CIP Level
9.6 Other Relevant Standards
9.6.1 ISBD(ER)
9.6.2 AACR2, level 1record
9.6.3 Dublin Core
9.7 Requirements of National Libraries
10. Mapping National Libraries' metadata requirements to Dublin Core
10.1 Introduction
10.2 DC Qualifiers
10.3 Extensibility
10.4 The mapping
10.5 Notes
10.6 Some examples
10.6.1 Web Page:
10.6.2 CD-ROM:
11. Overview of conversion process
12. Recommendations
12.1 Stability of MARC
12.2 Use of intermediate formats
12.3 Use of USEMARCON
12.4 Mappings
12.5 CIP record minimum data element set
Annex A000. Test records from USEMARCON
Annex B000. Specification for the core record within the British Library catalogue record
B.10 Introduction
B.20 Description of the item
B.30 Access points
B.40 Control fields
B.50 Coded data fields
B.60 Summary of core data within the British Library record