MARC 21 Concise Formats
Format Changes
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
ARCHIVED VERSION
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
Contents
Introduction
Bibliographic Format Changes
Authority Format Changes
Holdings Format Changes
Classification Format Changes
Community Information Format Changes
This document contains the list of changes made to the 2000 edition of
the MARC 21 Concise Formats that were incorporated into the 2001 edition.
All of these changes have been included in the 2001 printed and web
editions.
Please contact the Network Development and MARC Standards Office for more
information about these changes at ndmso@loc.gov
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online
format indicate changes made after the 2000 edition of the
MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2001 printed
edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
- New content designators:
- Fields
- 887 Non-MARC information field
- Indicators
- 041 Language code - 2nd indicator (Source of code): values #
(MARC language code); 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
- 260 Publication, distribution, etc. (Imprint) - 1st indicator (Sequence
of publishing statements): values # (Not applicable/No information
provided/Earliest available publisher); 2 (Intervening publisher);
3 (Current/latest publisher)
- Subfield codes
- $c ISO code in 043 (Geographic area
code)
- $c Taxonomic category in 754 (Added entry--taxonomic
identification)
- $d Common or alternative name in 754 (Added entry--taxonomic
identification)
- $x Non-public note in 754 (Added entry--taxonomic
identification)
- $z Public note in 754 (Added entry--taxonomic identification)
- $2 Source in 015 (National bibliography number)
- $2 Source in 017 (Copyright or legal deposit number)
- $2 Source of code in 041 (Language code)
- $3 Materials specified in 260 (Publication, distribution,
etc. (imprint)
- $6 Linkage in 055 (Classification numbers assigned
in Canada)
- $8 Field link and sequence number in 018 (Copyright
article-fee code)
- Code values
- Leader - character position 07 (Bibliographic level): code i
(Integrating resource)
- 006 Serials - character position 01 (Frequency): code k (Continuously
updated)
- 006 Serials - character position 04 (Type of continuing resource):
codes d (Updating database); l (Updating loose-leaf); w (Updating
Web site)
- 006 Serials - character position 17 (Entry convention): code
2 (Integrating entry)
- 007 Videorecordings - character position 04 (Videorecording format):
code v (DVD)
- 008 Serials - character position 18 (Frequency): code k (Continuously
updated)
- 008 Serials - character position 21 (Type of continuing resource):
codes d (Updating database); l (Updating loose-leaf); w (Updating
Web site)
- 008 Serials - character position 34 (Entry convention): code
2 (Integrating entry)
- 533 (Reproduction Note)- $7 (Fixed-length data elements of reproduction):
code k (Continuously updated)
- Changes in repeatability:
- Field
- 015 National bibliography number : changed from Not repeatable
(NR) to Repeatable (R)
- 041 Language code : changed from Not repeatable (NR) to
Repeatable (R)
- 260 Publication, distribution, etc. (Imprint) : changed
from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable
- 508 Creation/production credits note : changed from Not
repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
- Subfield codes
- $a Language code of text/sound track or separate title
in 041 (Language code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable
(R)
- $b Language code of summary or abstract/overprinted title or
subtitle in 041 (Language code): changed from Not repeatable
(NR) to Repeatable (R)
- $d Language code of sung or spoken text in 041
(Language code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
- $e Language code of librettos in 041 (Language
code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
- $f Language code of table of contents in 041 (Language
code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
- $g Language code of accompanying material other than librettos
in 041 (Language code): changed from Not repeatable
(NR) to Repeatable (R)
- Changes in content designator names:
- Fields
- 006/04 (Serials) - Type of continuing resource
Type
of serial
- 006/17 (Serials) - Entry convention
Successive/latest
entry
- 008/21 (Serials) - Type of continuing resource
Type
of serial
- 008/34 (Serials) - Entry convention
Successive/latest
entry
- 017 Copyright
Registration or Legal Deposit
Number
- 055
Call Numbers/ Classification Numbers Assigned
in Canada
- 082 Dewey Decimal
Call Classification Number
- 084 Other
Call Classification Number
- 086 Government Document
Call Classification
Number
- 772 Supplement Parent
Record Entry
- Subfield codes
- $a in 754 (Added entry--taxonomic
identification) Taxonomic name
/taxonomic hierarchical
category
- $b in 017 (Copyright or legal deposit number)
Assigning agency
Source (assigning agency)
- $c in 044 (Country of publishing/producing entity
code) ISO
subentity code
- Coded value
- 007/04 (Videorecording) code g - Laserdisc
Laser
optical (Reflective) videodisc
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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online
format indicate changes made after the 2000 edition of the
MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2001 printed
edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
- New content designators:
- Subfield codes
- $c ISO code in 043 (Geographic area code)
Top of Document
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online
format indicate changes made after the 2000 edition of the
MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2001 printed
edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
- New content designators:
- Subfield codes
- $u Uniform Resource Identifier in
583 (Action note)
- Code values
- 853-855 (Captions and Patterns Fields)- $w (Frequency):
code k (Continuously updated)
- 843 (Reproduction Note) - $7 (Fixed-length data elements of reproduction):
code k (Continuously updated)
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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
There were no substantive changes to record, however, several examples have
been updated and data element descriptions have been revised.
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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 edition of
the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.
- New content designators:
- Indicators
- 041 Language code - 2nd indicator (Source of code): values:
# (MARC language code); 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
- Subfield codes
- $c ISO code in 043 (Geographic area code)
- $2 Source of code in 041 (Language code)
- Changes in repeatability:
- Field
- 041 Language code : changed from Not repeatable (NR) to
Repeatable (R)
- Subfield codes
- $a Language code associated with community information entity
in 041 (Language code): changed from Not repeatable
(NR) to Repeatable (R)
- $b Language code of supertitle or subtitle in
041 (Language code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable
(R)
- $h Language code of original in 041 (Language
code): changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
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