Tuesday, March 25, 2008

MaineCat - The recording of Library of Congress bibliographical data in machine form

MaineCat:
"Author Buckland, Lawrence F
Title The recording of Library of Congress bibliographical data in machine form; a report prepared for the Council on Library Resources, inc
Publisher Washington, Council on Library Resources, 1965

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Univ of Maine ORO Annex 029.7 B856 DUE 04-24-08

Edition Rev., February 1965
Phys descr x, 54 p. 22 cm
Subject Cataloging
Data tapes
Information storage and retrieval systems
Automatic Data Processing
Alt author Council on Library Resources"

I like this item.
  • It predates MARC and the September 1966 Scientific American example.
  • You can see element that became part of MARC.
  • The internal formats they came up with are reflected in the MARC binary format.
  • It includes verbal descriptions of the programs that translate an entry into printed output. The elements of XSLT and XSLT-FO are there.
  • Henriette Avram is nowhere to be seen in the document.
  • The main example card is about a JFK education speech (?). The publication date is November 23, 1964.

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