Assignments

Assignment One - Understanding MARC record

Marks: 15 % of total assessment
Due: 1 May 2002

Select a library catalog (can be a school library catalog, a university library catalog or a union catalog) on the Web.  Perform a search and retrieve a bibliographic record. Print the record in MARC worksheet format [1]. On a separate sheet of paper, write down the MARC tag(s) and its (their) content for the following fields in the record [2]:

1. Title and statement of responsibility
2. Imprint
3. Physical description
4. Notes
5. Author entries
6. Subject entries

Export the record in ISO 2709 format and save it to a file on a floppy disk [3]. If you have access to a local library system, attempt to load this record into it.  Explain the process you have taken to load this record [4].  Explain why it is important for a library system to adopt MARC standard [5].

You need to submit the following:

1. Printout of the bibliographic record in MARC worksheet format
2. A sheet of paper identifying the MARC tags of the fields given above
3. A floppy disk containing the record in ISO 2709 format
4. A sheet of paper explaining the process of loading the record to your local library system
5. A sheet of paper explaining the advantage of MARC

Text must be typed or printed (by word processor). Write your name on all sheets of paper and on the label of the floppy disk.

Assignment Two

Marks: 35 % of the total assessment
Due: 1 June 2002

Select one of the following topics:

1. Write a proposal to the school administration for automating your library. Give details on the goals, needs, budgets, systems configuration, functional requirements, potential automation systems, etc.
   
2. Evaluate a library automation system available in Hong Kong. Give details on its functionalities, special features, strength, weakness, proposed improvements, comparison to other automation systems available in the market, etc.
   
3. Establish a web resource page/site that contains comprehensive links to selected resources on a discipline taught in your school. Include your own review for each Internet resource you selected. Also comment on the selection process.

For Topic 1 and 2, the paper should be between 2000 to 4000 words. For Topic 3, the web page should contain at least 50 Internet resources together with a written paper of about 500 words.

Text must be typed or printed (by word processor). Write your name on all sheets of paper and on the label of the floppy disk or CD-ROM (if any). Only floppy disk and CD-ROM disc are accepted. Do not submit your assignment in other disk media  (e.g. ZIP).

Last update: 4 April 2002