Hi, I'm in charge of information technology at the National Teachers' Institute in Kaduna, Nigeria. NTI provides teacher training by distance learning, so our students are scattered all over the country. One of our aims is to make the library more accessible to the students. I've just set up a Koha server at our library so that the staff can try it out. If this trial is successful we'll set up a dedicated server and we'll start the long process of adding all the books to the system. One problem we've encountered so far is that none of us understand MARC. The reference materials I've found so far are all a bit theoretical, which is probably fine if your degree was library-related. Can anyone suggest a good simple guide to MARC? I'm looking to develop some simple guidelines along the lines of "Enter the author's name in the XXX field, surname first then a comma followed by the other names". Kevin -- Kevin O'Rourke ICT Coordinator, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria 062 316972