关于USMARC041字段的若干问题及解答

Problems and Solutions on the USMARC041 Field

USMARC是美国国会图书馆早期研制的一种机读目录格式,USMARC格式中的041字段和CNMARC格式的101字段都属于语种著录字段。作者通过工作实践对这两个字段进行比较分析,并解答了实际工作中经常遇到的问题。USMARC041字段作为著录西文文献语种有则必备的字段容易被漏著或错著。因此,使用USMARC041字段著录时需注意与041相关字段的前后对应关系,041字段第1指示符著入时易发生的误判情况,除$a子字段外的其它子字段的标识。

USMARC is a MARC format which is early developed by the United States Library of Congress. USMARC 041 field and CNMARC 101 field are both language description fields. The author compares the two fields according to the working practice, and answers problems which are encountered in the practical work frequently. USMARC041 as the essential fields in cataloguing Western literature is vulnerable to leakage or wrong description. Therefore, cataloguing USMARC041 should pay attention to the relations between 041 filed and its relevant fields, the misjudgment of cataloguing 1st indicator of 041 field, and other sub-fields besides $a.