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MARC Should Be Dead But Here We Are
MARC is a data format from 1968 that refuses to die. Here's why we're still stuck with it and why that's both terrible and completely understandable.
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Subscribe to this topicMARC is a data format from 1968 that refuses to die. Here's why we're still stuck with it and why that's both terrible and completely understandable.
Your library system works because one person knows the ancient rituals required to keep it running. Here's what happens when they leave.