MARC::Record and its family
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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 >= 5.8.1 for processing unicode
correctly.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is free software and may be distributed under the same
terms as Perl itself .

Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Andy Lester <marc@petdance.com>