Leader (NR)
MARC 21 Holdings
- Concise
2007
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the
2007 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise
Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/
for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21
Concise Formats.
Fixed field that comprises the first 24 character positions (00-23) of
each record and provides information for the procesing of the record.
Character Positions
00-04 - Record length Computer-generated, five-character number equal to the length of the entire
record, including itself and the record terminator. The number is right justified
and each unused position contains a zero.
05 - Record status Relationship of the record to a file.
c - Corrected or revised
d - Deleted
n - New
06 - Type of record
Characteristics
and definitions of the components of the record. When holdings information
is embedded in a MARC bibliographic record, the Leader/06 code may
be contained in field 841 $a (Holdings Coded Data Values, Type of
record).
u - Unknown
v - Multipart item holdings
x - Single-part item holdings
y - Serial item holdings
07-08 - Undefined character positions Both are undefined; each contains a blank (#).
09 - Character coding scheme Character coding scheme used in the record.
# - MARC-8
a - UCS/Unicode
10 - Indicator count Computer-generated number 2 that indicates the number of indicators occurring in
each variable data field.
11 - Subfield code length Computer-generated number 2 that indicates the number of character positions used
for each subfield code in a variable data field.
12-16 - Base address of data Computer-generated, five-character numeric string that specifies the first
character position of the first variable control field in a record. The number is
right justified and each unused position contains a zero.
17 - Encoding level Level-of-specificity of the holdings statement. Codes 1, 2, 3, and 4 reflect the
requirements of Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Holdings Statements for Bibliographic
Items (ANSI/NISO Z39.71) (formerly Serial Holdings Statements
(ANSI/NISO Z39.44)) and Holdings Statements for Non-Serial Items
(ANSI/NISO Z39.57)) and codes 1, 2, and 3 reflect the requirements of Levels 1, 2,
and 3 of Holdings Statements-Summary Level (ISO 10324). The MARC content
designators given in the description of each holdings level are the ones required
by Z39.71. Optional data elements for each level are not mentioned here; they are
given in each standard. A single-part item holdings statement is normally recorded
at level 1. A multipart or serial item holdings statement may be recorded at any
level.
When holdings information is embedded in a MARC bibliographic record, this
information may be contained in field 841 (Holdings Coded Data Values), subfield
‡e (Encoding level), which is also embedded in the bibliographic
record.
1 - Holdings level 1
2 - Holdings level 2
3 - Holdings level 3
4 - Holdings level 4
5 - Holdings level 4 with piece designationHoldings statement includes physical piece designation that is contained in
subfield ‡p (Piece designation) of field 852 (Location, one of the
863-865 Enumeration and Chronology fields, or an 876-878 Item Information
field, or in subfield ‡a (Textual holdings) in one of the 866-868
Textual Holdings fields.
m - Mixed levelHoldings are recorded at more than one level, for example, when the levels for
retrospective and current holdings differ. The value in the first indicator
position (Field encoding level) of the applicable 863-865 Enumeration and
Chronology and 866-868 Textual Holdings fields indicate the level for each
holdings data field.
u - Unknown
z - Other level
18 - Item information in record Whether item information is in the record, contained in one or more occurrences of
fields 876-878 (Item Information fields).
i - Item information
n - No item information
19 - Undefined character position Undefined and contains a blank (#).
20 - Length of the length-of-field portion Always a 4.
21 - Length of the starting-character-position portion Always a 5.
22 - Length of the implementation-defined portion Always a 0.
23 - Undefined Undefined; always contains a 0.
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