Comparison of Iran MARC manual (for monographs), MARC 21 & UNIMARC with 17 identified problems related to Iran MARC

Abstract

Because UNIMARC is the basis for Iran MARC format, in this paper all 17 problems identified by Kokabi in 1994 about adoption of UNIMARC in Iran, were compared with Iran MARC Manual to find the suggested solutions for them. Because of the international role of MARC 21 and UNIMARC, these 17 problems were checked out to reveal if these problems are solved in the last update of UNIMARC and if there is any solution for them in MARC 21. Eventually with these findings, researchers determined that MARC 21 has more adaption with special features of Persian cataloging and bibliographic features.