The Important of Marc in Information Retrieval and Storage

THE IMPORTANCE OF MARC IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE

TABLE OF CONTENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………….1
1.0 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………..3 2.0 DEFINITION………………………………………………………………..4 3.0 HISTORY OF MARC………………………………………………………4 4.0 THE IMPORTANT OF MARC IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE…………………………………………………………...........5-6
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4.2 5.0 INFORMATION CONTAIN IN MARC…………………………................7
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5.2 6.0 MARC TERMS AND ITS DEFINITIONS…………………………...…8-10
6.1
7.0 GENERAL RULES IN MARC 21……………………………………..….11
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8.0 TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL MARC…………………………….…12-13
8.1
8.2 9.0 OTHER INTERNATIONAL MARC…………………………………...…14 10.0 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………...……..15 11.0 REFERENCES…………………………………………………………..16

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Information does not exist in a vacuum but it is being used by man in the context of its surroundings. Without the correct identification, capture, organization, management, utilization and archiving or storage of information, one especially students would be hard pressed to make any decisions whether in business, personal, or governmental involve. In order to properly manage information, it is necessary to understand the way in which information will be used, by whom, and for what purpose. The value of any information is determined by the three factors of context such as the purpose of the information, the information content and user (the audience).

In information management, it is important to note that the value of information is variable. In order to arrange all the valuable information in one place, it is needed for an organization to make it standardization. As for the title ‘The importance of MARC in information retrieval and storage’ will be discussing about the using of MARC as one of the standardization method use to keep the information. Through the reading, I will briefly point out the importance of using MARC, the history of MARC, types and the using of MARC