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This manual is developed to help the Connecticut History Online
project catalogers create consistent and quality records across
the partner institutions.
Most of the rules are from discussions
at the Cataloging Group meetings. As the discussions continue, new
rules, new sections and examples will be added to this manual. For
more information, check the
Cataloging Group meeting minutes for background and details
of the discussions.
Dublin Core was originally selected
as the cataloging standard for CHO. However, the ImageServer can
not produce Dublin Core records, nor can it import or export Dublin
Core records, it can only produce records in MARC format. Therefore,
we decided to map the Dublin Core fields to MARC fields. In other
words, we use Dublin Core definitions and MARC format to create
cataloging records. This is how this manual is structured. The heading
of each field is the label used in the Voyager OPAC for that field,
followed by parentheses with the Dublin Core field name. The Dublin
Core definition for each field is presented and the MARC field number
and sub-field(s) are listed. For detailed Dublin Core and MARC mapping
information, see the Connecticut
History Online Project Dublin Core/MARC Crosswalk.
The MARC field 042 |a dc is used to
indicate that the MARC 21 record is derived from Dublin Core style
record. It is hoped that in the future, if desired, these
records can be converted to Dublin Core records easily.
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