TECHNICAL NOTICE (January 23, 2004)

Format for Classification Data

Format Changes List
Update No. 4 (October 2003)

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

This section is provided for the lists of format changes that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for Classification Data. It can also be found in Appendix E of the MARC 21 Format for Classification Data.

This page documents the changes contained in the fourth update to the 2000 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Classification Data. Update No. 4 (October 2003) includes changes resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) at its meetings in 2003, the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) at its 2003 meetings and by the Book Industry Communications/Bibliographic Standards Technical Subgroup (BIC/BSTS) at its meetings in 2003.

LC Implementation Plans
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes in all distribution services no earlier than April 23, 2004.

• New content designators
  • Subfield code
    • $0 - Record control number in 748 (Index Term-Chronological)
      
  • Appendix
    • Appendix F: Organization Code Sources

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