MARC 21 Concise Formats

Format Changes

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

Contents

Introduction
Bibliographic Format Changes
Authority Format Changes
Holdings Format Changes
Classification Format Changes
Community Information Format Changes

Introduction

Please contact the Network Development and MARC Standards Office for more information about these changes at ndmso@loc.gov

Bibliographic Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  • Field
    • 662 - Subject Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name
  • Code
    • 008/35-37 (Language): code zxx (No linguistic content)
  • Indicators
    • 048 - 2nd indicator (Source of code): value # (MARC code)
    • 048 - 2nd indicator (Source of code): value 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
  • Subfield codes
    • $2 - Source of code in 048 (Number of Musical Instruments or Voices Code)
    • $e - Relator term in 630 (Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title)
    • $4 - Relator code in 630 (Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title)
    • $4 - Relator code in 650 (Subject Added Entry-Topical Term)
    • $e - Relator term in 651 (Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name)
    • $4 - Relator code in 651 (Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name)
    • $e - Relator term in 654 (Subject Added Entry-Faceted Topical Terms)
    • $4 - Relator code in 654 (Subject Added Entry-Faceted Topical Terms)
    • $f - City subsection in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name)
    • $g - Other nonjurisdictional geographic region and feature in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name)
    • $h - Extraterrestrial area in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name)
    • $2 - Source of heading or term in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name)
• Redefined content designators:
  • Code
    • 008/35-37 (Language): code ### (No linguistic content information provided)
• Changes in repeatability:
  • Subfield codes
    • $a in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name): From NR to R
    • $c in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name): From NR to R
• Changes in content designator names:
  • Subfield codes
    • $b in 041 (Language code): Language code for summary, or abstract/overprinted title or subtitles
    • $a in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name): Country or larger entity
    • $b in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name): State, province, territory First-order political jurisdiction
    • $c in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name): County, region, islands area Intermediate political jurisdiction
• Changes in text descriptions:
  • Subfield codes
    • 010 (Library of Congress Control Number) [Changes made in full bibliographic format only]
    • 020 (International Standard Book Number) [Changes made in full bibliographic format only]

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Authority Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• Addition of MARC alphabetic prefix for field 010 (Library of Congress Control Number)
  [Change made in full authority format only]

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Holdings Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  • Indicator
    • 866-868 - Second indicator (Type of notation): value 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
  • Subfield code
    • $2 - Source of notation in 866-868 (Textual Holdings)
• Additional changes:
  • A number of examples were updated or added and typos corrected to several fields.

Classification Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designator:
  • Field
    • 766 - Secondary Table Information

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Community Information Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• There was no new or updated community information documentation issued in 2005.

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