MARC 21 Concise Formats

Format Changes

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

ARCHIVED VERSION

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2003 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Format Changes.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

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 2002 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2003 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  
  • Appendix
    • Appendix I: Organization Code Sources
  • Fields
    • 365 - Trade Price
    • 366 - Trade Availability Information
  • Subfield codes
    • $i - Display text in 538 (System details note)
    • $q - Enumeration and first page in 773 (Host item entry)
    • $q - Format of the digital image in 352 (Digital graphic representation)
    • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier in 538 (System details note)
    • $2 - Source in 022 (International Standard Serial Number)
    • $3 - Materials specified in 538 (System details note)
• Obsolete content designators:
  
  • Character positions
    • CR 006/03 (ISSN Center)
    • CR 008/20 (ISSN Center)
• Changes in content designator names:
  
  • Subfield codes
    • $a in 044 (Country of Publishing/producing Entity Code): MARC Country of Publishing/producing Entity Code
    • $c in 044 (Country of Publishing/producing Entity Code): ISO Country Code
    • $2 in 072 (Subject Category Code): Code Source
  • Indicator value
    • 2nd indicator (Code source) in 072: Code Source Specified in Subfield $2

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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 2002 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2003 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

New content designators

• Field
  • Field 024 - Other Standard Identifier
• Appendix
  • Appendix G: Organization Code Sources

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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 2002 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2003 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

New content designators

• Field
  • Field 538 - System Details Note
• Appendix
  • Appendix G: Organization Code Sources

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Classification Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2002 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2003 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

New content designators

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

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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 2002 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2003 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designator
  
  • Appendix
    • Appendix G: Organization Code Sources

• Change in content designator name:
  
  • Subfield code
    • $a in 247 (Former Title or Title Variations): Title

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