The conversion of the bibliographic records from the WINISIS format into the COMARC format : master's thesis

Buzo, Mirlona (author), Šauperl, Alenka (mentor), Petek, Marija (comentor)

The purpose of this thesis is to prepare a model for converting bibliographic data from the library local format into the COMARC format. The model will be developed on the basis of the data from the catalogue of the Academy of Sciences of Tirana. With the use of various structural and functional methods, records will be analysed and tables prepared for mapping the local format into the COMARC format. After the mapping, the analysis of the record quality will follow. For this purpose, the actual records will be compared and contrasted with the ideal record in the test environment. The ideal record will be created in accordance with the requirements of the ISBD standard, the COMARC format and the second level of bibliographic description according to the AACR2 cataloguing rules. The results of this analysis will be used to improve the model for upgrading the records until the required quality is reached and is in accordance with the above mentioned standards and recommendations. Another purpose of this thesis is to prepare a universal model that could be used in the future for converting the catalogues of other Albanian libraries provided with the CDS/ISIS systems.

• Language: English
• Keywords: bibliographic records, conversion, mapping formats, masters thesis, Albania, bibliografski zapisi, konverzija, formati za preslikavo, format WINISIS, format COMARC, magistrske naloge bolonjskega programa
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [M. Buzo]
• Year: 2012 - 2012
• Number of pages: IX, 110 str., [2] f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-72197
• UDC: 025.3(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 51241058
• Publication date in RUL: 08.09.2015

BUZO, Mirlona, 2012, The conversion of the bibliographic records from the WINISIS format into the COMARC format : master’s thesis [online]. Master’s thesis. Ljubljana : M. Buzo. [Accessed 14 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=72197

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Namen te naloge je pripraviti model za pretvorbo bibliografskih podatkov iz lokalnega formata knjižnice v format COMARC. Model bo razvit na podlagi podatkov iz kataloga Akademije znanosti v Tirani. Z uporabo različnih strukturnih in funkcionalnih metod bodo zapisi analizirani. Pripravljene bodo tabele za preslikavo iz lokalnega formata v format COMARC. Po preslikavi bo sledila analiza kakovosti zapisov. V ta namen se bo v testnem okolju uporabila metoda primerjanja idealnega zapisa z dejanskimi zapisi. Idealen zapis bo izdelan v skladu z zahtevami standarda ISBD, formata COMARC in katalogizacijskimi pravili AACR2 za srednji nivo bibliografskega opisa. Rezultati te analize se bodo uporabili za izboljšanje modela za nadgradnjo zapisov, dokler ne bo dosežena raven kakovosti, ki jo zahtevajo zgoraj navedeni standardi in priporočila. Prav tako je namen te naloge pripraviti splošen model za konverzijo, ki bi se lahko v prihodnosti uporabil za pretvorbo katalogov drugih albanskih knjižnic, ki uporabljajo sisteme CDS/ISIS.