Hi all David Bigwood kindly sent me some help....

Mike, To view MARC records download MarcEdit http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.html It is free. The MARC format is a compressed format, it is all on one line. MarcEdit is a wonderful tool and may be useful in cleaning the records before importing. To get an overview of your MARC records, fields used, MARC RTP http://www.loungebythelake.com/marcrtp/marc-explained.html is great. Also free.

The above is helping enormously. The tutorials on that site are excellent. The reason why I thought the format might have been 7bit and on multiple lines was my cursory reading of: http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=WhatIsMarc e.g. 200 1# $a Je craque $b Text imprim� $f Guy Bedos 200 : title zone Of course I should read the full spec http://www.loc.gov/marc/ :-) With the wonderful MarcEdit program I have opened the marc file that Steven Baljkas posted and now I can read and understand each field. Thanks. -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials & Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460 -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects.