MARC 21 Concise Community Information: Number and Code Fields (01X-08X)

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2001 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see
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Fields 010-084 contain standard numbers, classification numbers, codes, and other data elements relating to the community information record.

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Items highlighted in red 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.

010 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER (NR)

A unique number assigned to a MARC record by the Library of Congress.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Example


010
##$a##2001000001

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016 - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER (R)

Unique numbers that have been assigned to a record by a national bibliographic agency other than the Library of Congress.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


016
7#$a3945683$2<MARC code for agency>

016
7#$aLIS0003947$2<MARC code for agency>

016
7#$a3296UL$z3948643a$2<MARC code for agency>

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035 - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER (R)

A control number of a system other than the one whose control number is contained in field 001 or 010 of the record.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

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040 - RECORD SOURCE (NR)

The MARC code for or the name of the organization(s) that created the original record, assigned content designation and transcribed the record, or made any change to an existing MARC record. For U.S. organizations and countries other than Canada, the source of the code is the MARC Code List for Organizations . For Canadian organizations, the source of the code is Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada that is maintained by the National Library of Canada.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


040
##$aCP$cCP

040
##$aNational Health Information Center$cNational Health Information Center

040
##$aNN$bspa$cNN

040
##$aOkT$cOkT

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041 - LANGUAGE CODE (R)

Codes for languages associated with an entity when the language code in field 008/12-14 (Language) is insufficient for a multilingual entity. The sources of the codes are: MARC Code List for Languages or other code lists such as ISO 639-1 (Codes for the representation of names of languages - Part 1 : alpha-2 code).

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


041
0#$aeng$aspa

041
1#$aeng$hrus

041
0#$aeng$afre$aspa

041
0#$aeng$aspa

041
0#$aita$beng

041
1#$aita$beng$hfre

041
07$aen$afr$2[Code for ISO 639-1]

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043 - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE (NR)

Geographic area codes associated with the entity. The source of the code in subfield $a is the MARC Code List for Geographic Areas. The source of a local code in subfield $b is indicated in subfield $2. The source of codes in subfield $c is ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1 : Country codes or Part 2 : Country subdivision codes. Geographic area information may be described textually in field 522 (Geographic Coverage Note).

Indicators

Subfield Code

Examples


043
##$an-us---

043
##$an-us-md

043
##$an-us-wi

043
##$cus

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046 - SPECIAL CODED DATES (NR)

Coded date information that is potentially useful for retrieval and data management purposes. If none of the four types of dates is applicable to the record in hand, the field is not used.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


046
##$f19931205

046
##$f199312uu

046
##$g19931010$h19931006$i19931009

046
##$f19930904

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050 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (R)

A classification or call number assigned from Library of Congress Classification or LC Classification--Additions and Changes, both of which are maintained by the Library of Congress.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


050
#4$aRC489.D3

050
#4$aRJ506.A9

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052 - GEOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION (R)

A code for the main geographic area and any applicable subareas associated with the entity. A less detailed code may be contained in field 043 (Geographic Area Code). Geographic area information may be described textually in field 522 (Geographic Area Note).

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


052
##$a4033$bF65

052
##$a3924$bM9

052
##$a4034$bR4$bR8

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060 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (R)

A classification or call number that is assigned from National Library of Medicine Classification that is maintained by the National Library of Medicine or from the Library of Congress Classification schedules as used by NLM.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


060
#4$aWF 1$bA512

060
#4$aWV 1$bA512

060
#4$aWH 1$bL652

060
#4$aWK 1$bA512

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066 - CHARACTER SETS PRESENT (NR)

Information that indicates that the character set present in a record is other than the default MARC Latin sets (ANSEL and ASCII). A detailed description of the standard escape sequences used in MARC records is provided in MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets and Exchange Media .

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


066
##$a(N

066
##$a$1

066
##$b$)1

066
##$b)Q

066
##$c)2

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070 - NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (R)

A Library of Congress classification number or another number assigned by the National Agricultural Library.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


070
##$aS599.G89

070
##$aCominfo$b608

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072 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (R)

A code for the kind of program or service provided by the entity.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


072
#7$aPL-740$2taxhs

072
#7$aRP-150$2taxhs

072
#7$aR$2taxhs

072
#7$aTJ-300$2taxhs

072
#7$aRP-650$x.650$2taxhs

072
#7$aLT-950$x.180$2taxhs

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073 - TYPE OF PROGRAM OR ORGANIZATION CODE (R)

A code that identifies the type of program or organization (e.g., nonprofit, government, charitable).

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


073
##$a[code denoting the type of agency as county]$2[code identifying the list used to assign the type category code]

073
##$a602$2sicm

073
##$a[code denoting the agency as nonprofit]$a[code denoting the agency as private]$2[code identifying the list used to assign the type category codes]

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080 - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (NR)

A classification number that is assigned from Universal Decimal Classification.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Example


080
##$a796.332

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082 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (R)

A classification number that is assigned from Dewey Decimal Classification, Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification, and/or DC&: Dewey Decimal Classification Additions, Notes and Decisions, all of which are maintained by the Library of Congress.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


082
04$a362.29286$220

082
14$a362.2$212

082
04$a613.71720607922$220

082
04$a362.7120975442$220

082
04$a372.975442$220

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084 - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER (R)

A classification number that is assigned from a scheme other than the one required for field 050 (Library of Congress Classification Number), 060 (National Library of Medicine Classification Number), 070 (National Agricultural Library Classification Number), 080 (Universal Decimal Classification Number), or 082 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number). The scheme must be identified in subfield $2.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

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