MARC::Record and its family =========================== SYNOPSIS The MARC::* series of modules create a simple object-oriented abstraction of MARC record handling. The files are: MARC::Doc::Tutorial A tutorial explaining how to use MARC::Record. MARC::Record The core class for representing a single MARC record. MARC::Field Another core class for representing a single field in a record. MARC::Batch The basic object for access to a batch of one or more MARC records. MARC::File Base class for the MARC file. MARC::File::USMARC MARC::File::MicroLIF Subclasses of MARC::File specific to the USMARC and MicroLIF formats MARC::Lint Extension to check MARC records for validity. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES MARC::Record now requires a perl version >= 5.8.2 for processing unicode correctly. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2001-2010 by contributors: 2001-2007 Andy Lester 2002-2007 Ed Summers 2003-2005 Eric Lease Morgan 2003 Morbus Iff 2004-2005 Bryan Baldus 2004 Mark Jordan 2007 Mike Rylander 2007 Dan Scott 2009 Bill Dueber 2010 Galen Charlton 2010 Frédéric Demians 2010 Dan Wells This software is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as Perl itself .