What are MARC records and how do they relate to AUTO LIBRARIAN Ver. 4.0?
MARC records are machine readable book records which can be imported into AUTO LIBRARIAN with the MARC/AL Interface Utility Ver. 4.0. This utility will import MARC records (in USMARC or MICROLIF format) from disks sent with newly purchased books or other sources for the MARC record. After filling in the input form with the source for the booknumber, callnumber, and price the MARC records are converted to AUTO LIBRARIAN records. These converted records can be then viewed and sent to the AUTO LIBRARIAN book database. Usually major book vendors will ship the MARC records on disk with the purchase of books at little or no additional cost to the buyer. Large book orders can be imported in a matter of minutes. NOTE: AUTO LIBRARIAN does not export MARC records however the MARC records remain intact and can be kept for safekeeping on floppy disks. To download MARC records from the Internet – use MARCExplorer or MARC LOC. These utilities allow users to search the Internet for book records and s
