MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Field 007
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Items highlighted in red indicate changes made
after the 2001 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and
are included in the 2002 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
This field contains special information about the physical characteristics
in a coded form. The information may represent the whole item or parts of an
item such as accompanying material.
The data elements in field 007 are positionally defined and the number of character
positions in field 007 depends upon the code contained in 007/00. Character
position 00 contains a code that identifies the category of material. The fill
character (|) is not allowed in this position. The fill character may be used
in any other character position when the cataloging agency makes no attempt
to code the position.
The categories of material for which field 007 is applicable in bibliographic
records are presented in the following order in the field description: map,
electronic resource, globe, tactile
material, projected graphic, microform, nonprojected graphic, motion
picture, kit, notated music,
remote-sensing image, sound recording, text, videorecording,
and unspecified.
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Cartographic materials other than globes.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of cartographic material to which the item belongs.
- g - Diagram
A map characterized by simplified, or schematic, representation.
- j - Map
A two-dimensional map.
- k - Profile
A scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface with
the surface of the ground or of a three-dimensional model of phenomena
having continuous distribution.
- q - Model
A three-dimensional representation of a real object.
- r - Remote-sensing image
An image produced by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate
contact with the object under study.
- s - Section
A scaled representation of a vertical surface displaying both the intersection
profile and the underlying structures.
- y - View
A perspective representation of the landscape shown as though it were
projected onto an oblique plane.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates whether the item is one color or multicolored.
- 04 - Physical medium
Indicates the material out of which the item
is made.
- a - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- b - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based
on wood particles or fibers.
- e - Synthetic
Includes all man-made substances other than textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble animal skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fiber fabrics.
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- q - Flexible base photographic, positive
The material is a flexible base photographic medium designed to render
a positive image.
- r - Flexible base photographic, negative
The material is a flexible base photographic medium designed to render
a negative image.
- s - Non-flexible base photographic, positive
The material is a non-flexible base photographic medium designed to render
a positive image.
- t - Non-flexible base photographic, negative
The material is a non-flexible base photographic medium designed to render
a negative image.
- y - Other photographic medium
Indicates a photographic medium other than those covered by one of the
more specific codes q, r, s, and t.
- 05 - Type of reproduction
Indicates whether the item is a facsimile or other type of reproduction.
- 06 - Production/reproduction details
Indicates the photographic technique used to produce the item.
- a - Photocopy, blueline print
A blueline image on a white background made and reproduced by the white
print process.
- 07 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates the positive/negative polarity of the photocopy or film.
- a - Positive
Lines and characters are dark on light background.
- b - Negative
Lines and characters are light on dark background.
- m - Mixed polarity
A mixture of positive and negative images.
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Used for all electronic resources (i.e., programs,
data files, etc.) which usually consists of digitized machine-readable data
or program code intended to be accessed, processed, or executed by computer.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the class of material (usually the class of physical object) to
which an item belongs (e.g., a magnetic disk).
- c - Computer optical disc cartridge
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates whether the item is one color or multicolored.
- 04 - Dimensions
Indicates the dimensions of the item.
- 05 - Sound
Indicates whether the production of sound is an integral part of an
electronic resource.
- 06-08 - Image bit depth
A three-character number specifying the exact bit depth of the scanned image(s)
that comprise the electronic resource, or a three-character
alphabetic code which indicates that the exact bit depth cannot be recorded.
Since the exact bit depth is useful, coding should not include missing digits
represented by hyphens (-). Three fill characters (|||) are used when no attempt
has been made to code this data element.
- 001-999 - Exact bit depth
- 09 - File formats
Indicates whether the file(s) which comprise the electronic
resource are of the same format or type for digitally reformatted materials.
- 10 - Quality assurance target(s)
Indicates whether quality assurance targets have been included appropriately
at the time of reformatting/creation.
- 11 - Antecedent/source
A one-character code which gives information about the source of a digital
file important to the creation, use and management of digitally reformatted
materials.
- a - File reproduced from original
- b - File reproduced from microform
- c - File reproduced from an electronic resource
- d - File reproduced from an intermediate (not microform)
- 12 - Level of compression
Indicates the kind of compression to which the electronic
resource has been subjected.
- 13 - Reformatting quality
Indicates the reformatting quality; an overall assessment of the physical
quality of the electronic resource in relation
to its intended use. It can be used to judge the level of quality of a file,
and an institution's commitment to maintain its availability over time.
- a - Access
Indicates that the electronic resource is
of a quality that will support current, electronic access to the original
item, but not sufficient to serve as a preservation copy.
- p - Preservation
Indicates that the electronic resource was
created via reformatting to help preserve the original item.
- r - Replacement
Indicates that the electronic resource is
of very high quality and, when printed out, viewed on screen or played
via a listening device, could serve as a replacement should the original
be lost, damaged, or destroyed.
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A model of a celestial body depicted on the surface of a sphere. See the
descriptions of character positions /01-05 under 007 MAP.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
- a - Celestial globe
A model relating to the sky of visible heavens.
- b - Planetary or lunar globe
Does not include a globe of planet Earth.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
- 04 - Physical medium
- 05 - Type of reproduction
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When field 007/00 contains code f, it contains special coded information about
the physical aspects of material that is intended to be read by touch.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of tactile material to which the item belongs.
- d - Tactile, with no writing system
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03-04 - Class of braille writing
Indicates the family of braille to which the item belongs. This is not the
particular braille code, but the type of braille code used, representing different
types of written symbols. Up to two braille types may be indicated, or the
cataloging agency may choose to encode only the predominant type. Multiple
codes are coded in order of predominance. If fewer than two codes are assigned,
the codes are left justified and unused positions contain blanks (#).
- # - No specified class of braille writing
- c - Mathematics and scientific braille
- m - Multiple braille types
- 05 - Level of contraction
Indicates whether contractions are used.
- 06-08 - Braille music format
A three-character code that indicates the braille music format of the item.
The music formats are the way measures, sections, parts, and related information,
such as words, are presented in relation to each other. Up to three formats
may be indicated, left justified in order of predominance. If fewer than three
codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and unused positions contain
blank (#). Three fill characters are used when no attempt has been made to
code this data element.
- # - No specified braille music format
- i - Spanner short form scoring
- 09 - Specific physical characteristics
- b - Jumbo or enlarged braille
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A two-dimensional representation intended to be projected without motion by
means of an optical device.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of projected graphic to which the item belongs.
- d - Filmslip
A short filmstrip that is not in a roll.
- s - Slide
Includes modern stereographs.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the projected graphic.
- a - One color
Does not include black.
- b - Black-and-white
Does not include tinted, toned, or stained items.
- z - Other
Includes tinted, toned, or stained items.
- 04 - Base of emulsion
Indicates the type of material for the base of the emulsion of the photonegative,
filmstrip, slide, or transparency.
- k - Film base, other than safety film
- m - Mixed collection
The base of emulsion material varies for different items in a collection.
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the projected graphic.
- b - Sound separate from medium
The sound is on an accompanying item.
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether the sound is
on the projected graphic or separate) and the type of sound playback required.
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width or dimensions of the projected graphic.
- b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
- k - 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. or 6x6 cm.
- v - 8x10 in. or 21x26 cm.
- x - 10x10 in. or 26x26 cm.
- 08 - Secondary support material
Indicates the type of material of the mount of a slide or transparency.
- m - Mixed collection
The secondary support material varies for different items in a collection.
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A transparent or opaque medium bearing microimages that are too small to be
read without magnification. A microform may be an original publication or a
reproduction of existing textual or graphic material.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of microform to which the item belongs.
- z - Other
Includes microforms such as microchips, microdots, and microform scrolls.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates the positive/negative polarity of the microform.
- a - Positive
Dark lines and characters against a light background.
- b - Negative
Light lines and characters against a dark background.
- m - Mixed polarity
Mixture of positive and negative images.
- 04 - Dimensions
Indicates the dimensions of the microform, not the dimensions of the image.
- p - 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. or 9x19 cm.
- 05 - Reduction ratio range
Indicates the reduction ratio range of the microform. The specific reduction
is recorded in 007/06-08 (Reduction ratio).
- a - Low reduction
Less than 16:1 ratio (less than 016).
- b - Normal reduction
Between 16:1 and 30:1 (016-030).
- c - High reduction
Between 31:1 and 60:1 (031-060).
- d - Very high reduction
Between 61:1 and 90:1 (061-090).
- e - Ultra high reduction
Over 90:1 (over 090).
- v - Reduction rate varies
- 06-08 - Reduction ratio
The specific reduction ratio of the microform, recorded as three digits. The
number is right justified and each unused position contains a zero. A hyphen
is used for any unknown portion of the reduction ratio.
- 09 - Color
Indicates the color of the image.
- b - Black-and-white (or monochrome)
A single hue. Includes all microopaques.
- m - Mixed
Combination of color and monochrome images.
- 10 - Emulsion on film
Indicates the type of light-sensitive material on the film.
- n - Not applicable
Used for microopaques.
- 11 - Generation
Indicates the generation of the microform.
- a - First generation (master)
The camera master or COM recorder master.
- b - Printing master
Any generation used mainly for the production of other microforms.
- c - Service copy
A microform that is intended primarily for use rather than for the production
of other microforms. This code is used for microopaques.
- 12 - Base of film
Indicates the base of the film.
- a - Safety base, undetermined
- c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
- d - Safety base, diacetate
- p - Safety base, polyester
- r - Safety base, mixed
Mixed safety base films spliced together; no nitrate film.
- t - Safety base, triacetate
- m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
- n - Not applicable
A microform on a reflective rather than a transparent base (e.g., microopaques).
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A two-dimensional pictorial representation not intended to be projected for
viewing.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of nonprojected graphic to which the item belongs.
- f - Photomechanical print
- i - Picture
Used when a more specific designation is unknown or not desired.
- z - Other
Includes mixed media productions made by a combination of free hand and
printing techniques, neither of which predominates.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the nonprojected graphic.
- a - One color
Does not include black.
- z - Other
Includes stained, tinted, or toned items.
- 04 - Primary support material
Indicates the type of material used for the support or base on which an image
is printed or executed.
- c - Cardboard/illustration board
- e - Synthetic
Does not include synthetics formed to resemble textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fibre fabrics except canvas.
- m - Mixed collection
The primary support material varies for different items in a collection.
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- r - Porcelain
Used only for clay-based porcelain.
- t - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based
on wood particles or fibers.
- 05 - Secondary support material
Indicates the type of material to which the primary support is attached.
- c - Cardboard/illustration board
- e - Synthetic
Does not include synthetics formed to resemble textiles.
- f - Skin
Does not include synthetic materials that resemble skin.
- g - Textile
Includes all natural or synthetic fibre fabrics except canvas.
- m - Mixed collection
The primary support material varies for different items in a collection
- o - Paper
Any kind of cellulose-based paper.
- p - Plaster
Includes mixtures of ground solids and plaster.
- r - Porcelain
Used only for clay-based porcelain.
- t - Wood
Includes particle board, but may or may not include other materials based
on wood particles or fibers.
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A series of still pictures on film, with or without sound, designed to be projected
in rapid succession to produce the optical effect of motion.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of motion picture to which the item belongs.
- r - Film reel
Includes sound track film that accompanies visual images actually not
present.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of the motion picture.
- n - Not applicable
The item has no images.
- 04 - Motion picture presentation format
Indicates the presentation format of the motion picture.
- a - Standard sound aperture (reduced frame)
Non-wide-screen format.
- b - Nonanamorphic (wide-screen)
Wide-screen effect without optically compressing the image or requiring
the use of special projection techniques.
- d - Anamorphic (wide-screen)
- e - Other wide-screen format
- f - Standard silent aperture (full frame)
35 mm. film on which the exposed picture is approximately the width of
the space between the perforation holes of the frame.
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the motion picture.
- b - Sound separate from medium
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether that sound
is carried on the item itself or is in the form of accompanying material)
and the type of sound playback required.
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width of the motion picture film.
- b - Super 8 mm./single 8 mm.
- 08 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of intended playback channels for the sound of
the motion picture.
- k - Mixed
More than one configuration on a single motion picture.
- n - Not applicable
Film has no sound or sound is on separate medium.
- q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
- 09 - Production elements
Indicates whether the film is part of a complete production or is a preliminary
or post-production element.
- a - Workprint
A print from the original camera footage that is edited to achieve a final
version.
- b - Trims
Sections of shots remaining after selections have been incorporated into
a workprint.
- c - Outtakes
Discarded shots.
- d - Rushes
First positive print of a previous day's shooting.
- e - Mixing tracks
Separate sound tracks that are combined for the final film sound track.
- f - Title bands/intertitle rolls
Printed captions or titles separated from their corresponding pictures.
- g - Production rolls
Various types of production elements before they are cut and assembled
into reels.
- 10 - Positive/negative aspect
Indicates whether the film is positive or negative.
- a - Positive
The colors and/or tonal values are the same as the original subject matter.
- b - Negative
For black-and-white film, the tonal values are the opposite of the original
subject matter. For color film, they are the complements of the original
subject.
- 11 - Generation
Indicates how far away from the original material the item is. Generation
data are used to evaluate the quality of available copies, to make preservation
decisions, and to identify materials available for viewing and research.
- r - Reference print/viewing copy
- 12 - Base of film
Indicates the base of the film.
- a - Safety base, undetermined
- c - Safety base, acetate undetermined
- d - Safety base, diacetate
- p - Safety base, polyester
- r - Safety base, mixed
Mixed safety base films spliced together; no nitrate film.
- t - Safety base, triacetate
- m - Mixed base (nitrate and safety)
- n - Not applicable
The item does not have a film base (e.g., paper film).
- 13 - Refined categories of color
Indicates more specific color characteristics of the moving image than are
contained in 007/03 (Color).
- b - 2 color, single strip
- 14 - Kind of color stock or print
Indicates the type of color film stock or color print the item represents.
- a - Imbibition dye transfer prints
- c - Three layer stock, low fade
- 15 - Deterioration stage
Indicates the level of deterioration of the film.
- b - Nitrate: suspicious odor
- c - Nitrate: pungent odor
- d - Nitrate: brownish, discoloration, fading, dusty
- f - Nitrate: frothy, bubbles, blisters
- k - Non-nitrate: detectable deterioration (diacetate odor)
- l - Non-nitrate: advanced deterioration
- m - Non-nitrate: disaster
- 16 - Completeness
Indicates whether the motion picture is judged to be complete.
- 17-22 - Film inspection date
Six characters that indicate the most recent film inspection date; the date
is recorded in the pattern ccyymm (century/year/month). A hyphen
is used for any unknown portion of the date. Six fill characters (||||||)
are used if no attempt is made to code these character positions.
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Indicates that the item is a kit, which is defined as a mixture of various
components issued as a unit and intended primarily for instructional purposes.
No one component is identifiable as the predominant component of the item.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.
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Indicates that the item is a notated music, which is defined as graphic, non-realized
representations of musical works, both in printed and digitized manifestations.
It includes musical scores and/or parts, diagrammatic representations, tablature,
instructions for chance compositions, pictures or paintings intended as musical
compositions, square note notation, klavirskribo, chant notation, neumes, braille,
and other ways of representing the four components of musical sound: pitch,
duration, timbre, and loudness.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.
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Indicates that the item is a remote-sensing image which is defined as an image
produced by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with
the object under study. This may be a map or other image that is obtained through
various remote sensing devices such as cameras, computers, lasers, radio frequency
receivers, radar systems, sonar, seismographs, gravimeters, magnetometers, and
scintillation counters.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of material, usually the class of physical object,
to which an item belongs.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Altitude of sensor
Indicates the general position of the sensor relative to the object under
study.
- 04 - Attitude of sensor
Indicates the general angle of the device from which a remote-sensing image
is made.
- 05 - Cloud cover
Indicates the amount of cloud cover that was present when a remote-sensing
image was made.
- 06 - Platform construction type
Indicates the type of construction of the platform serving as the base for
the remote-sensing device. For the purposes of this data element, "platform"
refers to any structure that serves as a base, not only flat surfaces.
- b - Aircraft--low altitude
- c - Aircraft--medium altitude
- d - Aircraft--high altitude
- g - Land-based remote-sensing device
- h - Water surface-based remote-sensing device
- i - Submersible remote-sensing device
- 07 - Platform use category
Indicates the primary use intended for the platform specified in 007/06 (Platform
construction type).
- 08 - Sensor type
Indicates the recording mode of the remote-sensing device, specifically, whether
the sensor is involved in the creation of the transmission it eventually measures.
- 09-10 - Data type
A two-character code that indicates the spectral, acoustic, or magnetic characteristics
of the data received by the device producing the remote-sensing image. It
can be used to indicate both the wave length of radiation measured and the
type of sensor used to measure it.
- de - Shortwave infrared (SWIR)
- ga - Sidelooking airborne radar (SLAR)
- gb - Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-Single frequency
- gc - SAR-multi-frequency (multichannel)
- gd - SAR-like polarization
- ge - SAR-cross polarization
- gu - Passive microwave mapping
- gz - Other microwave data
- jv - Ultraviolet combinations
- jz - Other ultraviolet data
- ma - Multi-spectral, multidata
- mm - Combination of various data types
- pb - Sonar--bottom topography images, sidescan
- pc - Sonar--bottom topography, near surface
- pd - Sonar--bottom topography, near bottom
- pz - Other acoustical data
- ra - Gravity anomalies (general)
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A disc, tape, film, cylinder, or wire on which sound vibrations have been registered
so that the sound may be reproduced; and paper rolls on which the notes of a
music composition are represented by perforations in the paper and from which
sound can be mechanically produced.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of sound recording to which the item belongs.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Speed
Indicates the playback speed of the sound recording.
- 04 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of playback channels for the sound recording.
- 05 - Groove width/groove pitch
Indicates the width of the groove of the recording for a disc or the pitch
of the groove for a cylinder.
- 06 - Dimensions
Indicates the diameter of an open reel or disc, or the dimensions of a cassette,
cartridge, or cylinder.
- 07 - Tape width
Indicates the width of a tape.
- 08 - Tape configuration
Indicates the number of tracks on a tape.
- 09 - Kind of disc, cylinder or tape
Indicates the type of disc, cylinder, or tape.
- a - Master tape
The final tape production master that is used to make a disc master or
a tape duplication master.
- b - Tape duplication master
A sound tape produced from the master tape.
- d - Disc master (negative)
A negative disc master that is used for the preparation of the mother
from which more serviceable and longer lasting metal stampers can be made.
- i - Instantaneous (recorded on the spot)
- m - Mass produced
Includes discs or tapes issued as limited pressing or limited issue for
private distribution.
- r - Mother (positive)
An exact copy of the original disc recording pressed from the disc master
from which a negative metal stamper is made to press discs for distribution.
- s - Stamper (negative)
A negative metal part, produced from the mother in an electroplating procedure,
from which 500 to 750 discs may be pressed.
- t - Test pressing
Either one finished disc or one of a very limited pressing designed to
be examined aurally before a decision is made to proceed with a pressing.
- u - Unknown
Also used when it cannot be determined whether the item is instantaneous
or mass-produced.
- 10 - Kind of material
Indicates the kind of material used in the manufacture of sound
recordings (both instantaneous and mass-produced).
- c - Acetate tape with ferrous oxide
- i - Aluminum with lacquer
- r - Paper with lacquer or ferrous oxide
- 11 - Kind of cutting
Indicates the kind of cutting used to make the grooves used on a disc.
- h - Hill-and-dale cutting
A vertical cutting; no lateral information intended for reproduction.
- l - Lateral or combined cutting
- n - Not applicable
Includes compact audio discs (they are pitted rather than cut).
- 12 - Special playback characteristics
Indicates the playback characteristics for the sound recording, including
special equipment or equalization necessary for proper playback. The code
is not used to indicate special processes used during the making of the recording
unless those processes must be applied during playback.
- a - NAB standard
National Association of Broadcasters playback equalization is required.
- b - CCIR standard
Comit‚ consultatif de la radiodiffusion playback equalization is required.
- 13 - Capture and storage technique
Indicates how the sound was originally captured and stored. A re-released
recording is coded for the original capture and storage technique.
- a - Acoustical capture, direct storage
Usually, a disc or cylinder recording, captured using an acoustical horn
and diaphragm and stored directly on a master surface (most date from
before 1927/29).
- b - Direct storage, not acoustical
A disc recording captured using electrical equipment and stored directly
on a master surface. All recordings made with microphones and other electrical
equipment prior to the availability of magnetic recording techniques in
the late l940s used direct storage.
- d - Digital storage
A sound recording which was captured electrically and stored using digital
techniques.
- e - Analog electrical storage
A sound recording which was captured using electrical techniques and stored
as modulations and pulses on a magnetic surface. Most recordings made
from the late 1940s until the early 1980s are analog electrical recordings.
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Eye-readable printed or manuscript material.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of textual material to which an item belongs.
- d - Text in looseleaf binder
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A recording on which visual images, usually in motion and accompanied by sound,
have been registered, and which are designed for playback on a television receiver
or video monitor.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of videorecording to which an item belongs.
- 02 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- 03 - Color
Indicates the color characteristics of a videorecording.
- n - Not applicable
The item has no images, e.g., a videorecording with sound only.
- 04 - Videorecording format
Indicates the videotape or videodisc recording format.
- a - Beta (1/2 in., videocassette)
- b - VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- c - U-matic (3/4 in., videocassette)
- f - Quadruplex (1 in. or 2 in., reel)
- h - CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) videodisc
- i - Betacam (1/2 in., videocassette)
- j - Betacam SP (1/2 in., videocassette)
- k - Super-VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- m - M-II (1/2 in., videocassette)
- o - D-2 (3/4 in., videocassette)
- 05 - Sound on medium or separate
Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the videorecording.
- b - Sound separate from medium
- 06 - Medium for sound
Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether the sound is
on the videorecording or separate) and the type of sound playback required.
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- 07 - Dimensions
Indicates the width of the videorecording.
- 08 - Configuration of playback channels
Indicates the configuration of intended playback channels for the sound portion
of the videorecording.
- k - Mixed
More than one configuration on a single videorecording.
- n - Not applicable
Videorecording has no sound or sound is on separate medium.
- q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
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The physical form of the described item is not identified by any other 007
category-of-material code. This category is also used for an item having multiple
physical forms that are not identified in separate 007 fields.
Character Positions
- 00 - Category of material
- 01 - Specific material designation
Indicates the special class of material to which the item belongs.
- m - Multiple physical forms
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