Changeover to MARC 21
Results of the project
In preparation for the changeover from the previous MAB2 exchange format to MARC 21, which was resolved by the Committee for Library Standards in December 2004 as an internationalisation measure for German standards, the German National Library carried out two projects sponsored by DFG (German Research Foundation) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the period from August 2005 to June 2009.
The closely intermeshed work packages of the two projects included MAB2 - MARC 21 concordance, translations from MARC 21 Concise, a report on the switch to MARCXML, workshops for experts and companies and the development of a web-compatible, XML-based edition system. These and other key results concerning the format changeover are documented on this page.
POLLY - Platform for Operational Layers in the LibrarY
Solutions and relevant issues (in German)
MARBI
MARBI Discussion paper: 2007-DP01: Changes for the German and
Austrian conversion to MARC 21
MARBI Proposal: 2007-06: Changes for the German and Austrian
conversion to MARC 21
MARBI Discussion paper: 2007-DP06: Representation of the Dewey
Decimal Classification (DDC) System in MARC 21 Formats
MARBI Proposal: 2008-01: Representation of the Dewey Decimal
Classification (DDC) System in MARC 21 Formats
Character sets
Character Set Mapping MAB2 - MARC-8 (in German only)
Character Set Mapping MAB2 Disk - MARC-8 (in German
only)
Events
"Umstieg auf MARC 21: MARCing a new landscape in data exchange"
Symposium (June 2009)
Workshop for vendors of library systems (September 2007)
International Workshop MARC 21 - Experiences, Challenges and
Visions (May 2007)
MARC Workshop (July 2005)
Publications
Leibrecht, Veronika: The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek reports:
Germany and Austria's migration project 'Moving to MARC 21'
By permission of Manchester University Press, publisher of
Alexandria, Volume 21, Issue 1, 2009, pp 25 to pp 30, ISSN 0955
7490. Copyright © 2009
Other
Datenaustauschprozesse zwischen Bibliotheken im
deutschsprachigen Raum vor dem Umstieg auf MARC 21 mit
besonderer Berücksichtigung von MARCXML (in German
only)
Robert Porth: Betrachtung des Formatumstiegs von MAB2 zu MARC
21
Renate Gömpel
