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  1. Apr 2021
    1. library management system’s cataloguing module
    2. Study the OPAC display in your library management system

      we can look at the Oliver OPAC display to decide which field is helping user to search the resource and which field is useful for us to manage our collections.

    3. Fields in a catalogue record The most important fields in a catalogue record are listed in the table below. Type of information MARC Field Description Author 100 The name of the main author, for works by individuals. If there is no author, this field is left out. If the author is a corporation or a meeting, then a different field is used. An individual author’s names is usually formatted to show the surname first. Title 245 The title, sub-title and statement of responsibility of the work. Publication details 264 Publisher and place of publication. Older records will contain this information in a 260 field. ISBN 020 International Standard Book Number. This is an identifying number that is assigned to each book by its publisher. DDC 082 Dewey Decimal Classification number. This field contains the DDC number and information about what edition of Dewey was used. Description 300 Physical description, number of pages (for books with numbered pages), and information about whether the item is illustrated. Summary 520 A brief summary of what the item is about. Subject 650 Topical subject heading, taken from a thesaurus or controlled vocabulary. This field contains additional information to identify which controlled vocabulary was used. Genre 655 Genre heading for the resource. This field contains additional information to identify which controlled vocabulary was used.

      I would suggest that we keep the most importtant fields