UNIMARC formats and related documentation
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UNIMARC Bibliographic
The UNIMARC Bibliographic format was first created and proposed by IFLA in 1977, with the title UNIMARC: Universal MARC format. A second version was published in 1980 followed, in 1983, by the UNIMARC Handbook. Finally, in 1987, the UNIMARC Manual was published. The second edition, entitled UNIMARC Manual: bibliographic format was published in 1994 in a loose-leaf binder to facilitate updates. Five updates were issued in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2005. The third and current edition was published in 2008, in book format.
UNIMARC manual: bibliographic format / IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity; ed. By Alan Hopkinson. 3rd ed. - München: Saur, 2008. (IFLA Series in Bibliographic Control, 36). ISBN 978-3-598-24284-7, 760 p.
Available from De Gruyter Saur
Also available online:
UNIMARC Concise Bibliographic Format (as of 2008)
UNIMARC Concise Bibliographic Format (Italiano)
UNIMARC Concise Bibliographic Format (Português)
RUSMARC Bibliographic Format (Russian UNIMARC)
Special Update:
Field 013 Int. Standard Music Number (ISMN) (2010)
UNIMARC Authorities
The UNIMARC Authorities Format was designed to allow the creation of authority and reference records for the management of controlled access points in a bibliographic database. It was first published in 1991 under the title UNIMARC/ Authorities: Universal Format for Authorities and updated in the second edition, UNIMARC Manual: Authorities Format, published in 2001. The current is the third edition, released in 2009.
UNIMARC manual: authorities format / IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity; ed. by Mirna Willer. 3rd ed. - München: Saur, 2009. - (IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control, 38). ISBN 978-3-598-24286-1
Available from De Gruyter Saur.
Also available online:
UNIMARC Concise Authorities Format (2009)
RUSMARC Authorities Format (Russian UNIMARC)
UNIMARC Holdings
In late 1999, PUC appointed a working group to develop a UNIMARC specification for holdings information pertaining to a bibliographic item. The work was carried out during the period of 2000-2003 and a final draft was posted for world wide review in 2003. The present version is the result of received comments, accepted at the PUC meeting of 2004, with some changes introduced at the PUC meetings that took place in 2005 and 2006. It was first published in December 2006, and was subject to corrections in 2007.
UNIMARC manual: holdings format / IFLA Working Group on the UNIMARC Holdings Format. IFLA, 2007
See just the 2007 corrections at: UNIMARC Holdings List of Changes 2007.pdf
UNIMARC Classification
The UNIMARC Classification Format is still in progress and is aimed at the management and authority control of classification data. It was prepared by a working group appointed by the Permanent UNIMARC Committee, in 1997, as a follow-up of a document produced by another IFLA group, about the Requirements for a Classification Format, in 1996. The present version was posted for world wide review in 2000. The draft concise version of the UNIMARC Classification Format is available online:
UNIMARC classification format [invitation for world wide review, 2000]
Concise UNIMARC classification format (2000.10.13)
Also available online:
RUSMARC Classification Format (Russian UNIMARC)
UNIMARC Guidelines
Since 1999 the PUC has developed a series of guidelines for the application of UNIMARC with particular bibliographic materials or cataloguing policies. Seven guidelines were already published and are available online:
Guidelines no 1.
Guidelines for Using UNIMARC for Component Parts (May 1999)
Guidelines no 2.
Guidelines for Using UNIMARC for Microforms (May 1999)
Guidelines no 3.
Guidelines for Using UNIMARC for Older Monographic Publications (Antiquarian) (April 1998)
Guidelines no 4.
UNIMARC Minimal Level Record (Feb. 1999)
Guidelines no 5.
Multi-level Description: Encoding Options for UNIMARC (Feb. 1999)
Guidelines no 6.
Electronic Resources (Aug. 2000)
Guidelines no 7.
Music (July 2005)
Guidelines no 8.
Serials and Other Continuing Resources (October 2006)
Ongoing developments regarding UNIMARC Guidelines include revision of the Guidelines for Using UNIMARC for Microforms and preparation of the new UNIMARC Guidelines for Manuscripts, expected to be published in 2009.
Other UNIMARC Related Resources
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mandatory Data Elements for Internationally Shared Resource Authority Records / Report of the IFLA UBCIM Working Group on Minimal Level Authority Records and ISADN, 1999.
MAPPINGS
User controlled Generic MARC converter. A generic toolkit for ISO2709 compatible MARC formats to enable libraries to create rules based systems to convert records between national MARC formats through UNIMARC. It was completed in 1997, funded by the EU's Telematics Applications Programme (DGXIII-E). The original version of the software was further developed and adapted by Ere Maijala, of the National Library of Finland. Testing at the National Library of Finland and the British Library was followed by the further releases. Current release is V.13.3. Documentation available: Guide to USEMARCON (v.1.12, 2001) and USEMARCON Manual (v.3.10, 2008).
Mapping Dublin Core to UNIMARC / Michael Day. UKOLN, 1997
Mappatura Dublin Core/UNIMARC / Preparata dall'Istituto centrale per il catalogo unico delle biblioteche italiane, 2000
UNIMARC to MARC 21 Conversion Specifications. Version 3.0 (August 2001) / Prepared for the Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress.
EAD (Encoded Archival Description) Tag Library. Version 2002 / Society of American Archivists, traduit de l'anglais par le groupe AFNOR CG46/CN357/GE3. 2004. [includes correspondence table for data elements between EAD and UNIMARC]
UNIMARC/Dublin Core Mapping / a pproved by the Permanent UNIMARC Committee, 2004-03-05. - Version 1.0
UNIMARC & XML
BiblioML: XML for UNIMARC Bibliographic Records / Robin Cover. Cover Pages. Technology Reports , 2000. See downloads at BiblioML
The UNIMARC and MARC21 manual in XML: automating validation, explanation and help systems for bibliographic records / Developed by BookMARC for the IFLA UNIMARC Core Activity, 2004.
UNIMARC Bibliography
(under construction)
Last update: 26 February 2013