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040 - Cataloging Source (NR)

MARC 21 Authority - Concise

2008

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

MARC code or the name of the organization(s) that created the original authority record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified an existing MARC record. These MARC codes and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for content, content designation, and transcription of an the authority record. See Appendix G: Organization Code Sources.

Indicators

First - Undefined

# - Undefined

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Original cataloging agency (NR)

$b - Language of cataloging (NR)

MARC code for the language of the catalog for which the record is intended. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.

$c - Transcribing agency (NR)

$d - Modifying agency (R)

$e - Description conventions (NR)

Information specifying the description rules used in formulating the heading and reference structure when field 008/10 (Descriptive cataloging rules) contains code z (Other). Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

$f - Subject heading/thesaurus conventions (NR)

MARC code for the subject heading/thesaurus conventions used when field 008/11 (Subject heading system/thesaurus) contains code z (Other). Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


040	##$aDLC$cDLC


040	##$aSd$cICU


040	##$aICU$cICU


040	##$aMH$cMH $dDLC


040	##$aNc$cDLC $dDLC

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