Information Technology and Libraries (Dec 1968)

MARC II and COBOL

  • Henriette D. Avram,
  • Julius R. Droz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v1i4.2939
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 261 – 272

Abstract

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A description of the machine processing of MARC II records using COBOL for an application on the Library of Congress System 360/30. Emphasis is on the manipulation by COBOL of highly complex variable length MARC records containing variable length fields.