MARC Status in Iran and Some Suggestions for its Ultimate Format

the aim of this research is was to identify issues and problems relating to both MARC21 and UNIMARC and to reveal the MARC status in Iran. Eventually the views of Iranian MARC experts about these issues and their suggestions for ultimate MARC format for Iran were gathered. Survey research was used for this research. Statistical population included all of the Iranian MARC experts who were able to contribute in this research. The sample size of the respondents was 22 MARC experts that were determined by using Snowball sampling. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire which was distributed among Iranian MARC experts to gather the views. From the viewpoints of experts, the MARC status, teaching and use of it was not satisfactory in Iran. However, the most important suggestion of them for those problems was establishing a committee of MARC experts to support and update MARC in Iran and more attention to training and education in this field.