The diskette formatting and labeling specifications used in the distribution of MARC 21 authority, bibliographic, classification, community information, and holdings records on diskette are described in Part 2: Diskette Transfer. These diskette label specifications were provisionally approved by the Library of Congress and the MARC 21 Advisory Committee in November 1990 and by the Canadian Committee on MARC in June 1991. The specifications apply to internal diskette labels only.

Microcomputer diskette volume and file labels, like tape labels, communicate information from the originating system to the receiving system. The volume and file labels identify and characterize the diskette(s), the transaction, and the information contained on the microcomputer diskette(s). The volume and file labels provide an eye-readable display of identifying information and also enable machine processing of the information.

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Part 2: Diskette Transfer (Exchange Media)

Exchange Media