Better discovery through the best metadata management.
BestMARC sets the standard in metadata management. Our best-in-class online MARC management system makes processing and maintaining MARC records fast, easy and convenient. With up-to-date, accurate metadata for better discoverability, you’ll extend the value of your library’s collection.
BestMARC Standard is free for new users
Get all the record searching, cataloging, and editing features free for a full year to new users. Then only $5/month (billed annually) thereafter.
Award-Winning
- 2022 Modern Library Awards – Platinum award
- 2021 Modern Library Awards – Gold award
- 2020 Modern Library Awards – Platinum award
- 2019 Modern Library Awards – Platinum award
The Modern Library Awards (MLAs) is a program designed to recognize elite products and services in the library market which can help library management personnel enhance the quality-of-experience for the library user and increase the performance of their library systems.
Press Release Testimonials Go to Modern Library Awards.com
- US Business News – Business Elite Awards 2018
Best Metadata Management Software: BestMARC - Customer Service Excellence Award – Midwest USA
Complete cloud-based MARC management.
The customizable BestMARC tool is your complete online solution for managing your MARC records. It’s never been easier to create, edit, and share your records.
BestMARC comes in three subscription levels to fit the needs of your libraries.
BestMARC Standard
A BestMARC Standard subscription offers a full cataloging solution geared toward creating new MARC records. Use Search to find a record from our extensive database or other databases via Z39.50 and customize it however you please. It also includes our full-featured cataloger with context-sensitive help, tips, and examples.
BestMARC Plus
In addition to all the features of BestMARC Standard, a BestMARC Plus subscription helps improve and update your entire existing MARC record database. Use Enhancements to automatically improve Award Notes, Subject Headings, Reading Programs, RDA and more.
BestMARC Global
A BestMARC Global subscription is your complete metadata management solution. In addition to all the features of BestMARC Standard and BestMARC Plus, add powerful MARC management features like Lists to quickly visualize groups of your records and Global Edits to make changes across your entire database.
Use Workflows to combine work into a single command, for instance to make different sets of changes for improving records from different vendors or record sources. Share items with your colleagues for better standardization and avoid duplicating work.
Learn more about the best first step in connecting readers with the library resources that they are looking for with a free personalized demo today!
We also offer scheduled virtual tours, overviews, trainings, and other professional development sessions.
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Customizable to work for you.
From single libraries with independent catalogs to large districts with union catalogs, our team works together with you to create the perfect BestMARC solution to meet your needs.
| Global | Plus | Standard | |
Pricing For a single user, billed annually. Multi-user discounts available | $41.60 per month | $33.25 per month | First year free, then $5.00 per month thereafter |
MARC Record Editor |  | | |
MARC Tips, Examples, Errors Includes context-sensitive links to LOC and RDA Toolkit documentation | | | |
Record Templates 48 built-in templates, user-created templates | | | |
Record Source | | | |
Search More Servers Z39.50 search | | | |
Checkpoints Side-by-side comparison of changes, rollback changes | | | |
Reading Program Updates Automatically update Accelerated Reader 360®, Fountas & Pinnell®, Lexile®, Reading Counts!®, & ReadnQuiz™ | | |  |
Convert to RDA Tag 260 to 264, 336, 337 & 338 updates, 100s of terms expanded, birth and death dates, unnumbered pages, leaves & plates and more | | | |
Subject Heading Updates Library of Congress, Library of Congress Children’s, Sears and Kid Friendly, plus Subject Enrichment feature | | | |
Award Notes State and National award notes | | | |
Brief to Full Adds selected fields for records found in the BestMARC record source | | | |
Record Repair Automatically fixes common problems in your MARC records | | | |
Lists Organize records into lists | | | |
Selections Find smaller groups of records | | | |
Global Editing Create and save powerful instructions to make batch changes to your database | | | |
Workflows Combine Enhancements and Global Edits sequentially for easy processing | | Enhancements Only | |
Lexile® is a registered trademark of MetaMetrics, Inc. │ Accelerated Reader 360® is a registered trademark of Renaissance │ ReadnQuiz™ is a trademark of IntraData Inc. │ Reading Counts!® is registered trademark of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company │ F&P Text Level Gradient™ is a trademark of Heinemann
We're always happy to help.
Our team is always ready to support any cataloger with BestMARC, from novice to seasoned professional.
With tutorials, webinars, detailed instructions, or even live support, we’re there when you need us. We’ll make sure you get the most out of your catalog.