> * I am not a trained librarian. Is there a friendly place for > self-taught, enthused users to ask questions concerning the various > technologies? I understand that this list is _perl_ for > _librarians_, and innocent questions about MARC and "how best > to catalog $this" probably aren't on-topic here. Certainly > encourage me if I'm wrong.
Speaking as another non-trained-librarian.... AUTOCAT is the definitive list for catalogers and cataloging questions. Whether or not it's "friendly" is up for debate, but if you've done your homework before you ask your question you'll get a good answer. For dealing with MARC records on a simple, non-circulation level, there's marc2opac, although it's PHP, not Perl. Very simple, but it works. --Eli Naeher Lower Cape Fear Historical Society
