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Appendix C Bibliographic and authority templates
The MARC bibliographic and authority templates determine which tags and
corresponding values appear automatically when you create a new record. If you
only do occasional cataloging, we recommend that you use the input templates as
they are. But if you are a professional cataloger and find yourself making the
same changes every time you create a new MARC bibliographic or authority
record, you may want to edit the template.
Note: Bibliographic and authority templates cannot be modified on Mac OS.
Modifying templates can save you time when creating new records. The settings
should correspond to your most frequently cataloged items. For example, if you
do your own original cataloging, change the bibliographic 040 tag, subfields _a
and _c, so they contain your MARC organization code. This means you won't
have to type the code in for every new record you create. Or, if you always use
Library of Congress subject headings, modify the 650 tag, changing the second
indicator to 0" and deleting subfield _2.
You can't delete input templates or create new ones, but when the need arises,
you can modify them. This appendix contains instructions for the following:
selecting a template; editing the leader, 007, and 008 tags; editing an existing tag
in a template; inserting a tag into a template.
Selecting a template
The instructions for modifying templates show dialogs from the book
(bibliographic) and personal name (authority) templates. The steps are the same
for all input templates, but the values and tags vary. We strongly recommend that
you refer to the Library of Congress publications, MARC 21 Format for
Bibliographic Data and MARC 21 Format for Authority Data, for additional
guidance.
1. From the System Setup menu bar, choose either Templates | Bibliographic or
Templates | Authority. The appropriate selection list box appears. Highlight
the template you want to edit and click Edit to bring up the template editor.