Re: Are MARC subfields really useful ?

From: Karen Coyle <lists_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:02:33 -0700
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Quoting Janet Hill <Janet.Hill_at_COLORADO.EDU>:

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> And Karen, does my memory fail me, or haven't there already been   
> (relatively) recent studies about the utility of MARC fields?     
> Admittedly it's a moving target, as systems and expectations evolve.
>


The only one that I'm aware of is the Moen/Miksa study of how  
frequently fields and subfields appear in OCLC records. I don't know  
that anyone has been able to define "utility" in this context, but  
would love to see if it they did (or even attempted to)

kc

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