MARCs - where do you find them?

Yesterday I defined MARC. Now I'm going to focus on where one finds MARC records. They can be found in many places. For example:

• OCLC - They have many functions. The one we are interested in is their electronic warehouse of MARC records. Catalogers from all over the world use OCLC. They create MARC records and dump them in OCLC's database. We search their database for a MARC that matches the item that we have in hand. We transfer the MARC from OCLC to Virtua.
• Skyriver - A competitor to OCLC. Right now they are suing OCLC.
• Vendors - Patty can get MARC's from vendors such as Baker & Taylor and Midwest Tapes.
• We can create them from scratch in Virtua.

Library related blog - I hesitate to put this up for view. Please do not make finding typos in Virtua your life's work.

http://librarytypos.blogspot.com/

Non library site approved by Jen (a committe of one): This is a video from E's "The soup" featuring a famous dog from the animal planet show "It's me or the dog".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyJ6tSPBck


Have a lovely Tuesday.