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006 - Fixed-Length Data Elements-Additional Materials

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2008

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Eighteen character positions (00-17) that provide for coding information about special aspects of the item being cataloged that cannot be coded in field 008 (Fixed-Length Data Elements). It is used in cases when an item has multiple characteristics (e.g., printed material with an accompanying cassette or a map that is issued serially) and to record the coded serial aspects of nontextual continuing resources.

Field has a generic tree structure, whereby the code given in 006/00 (Form of material) determines the data elements defined for subsequent character positions. Except for code s (Serial/Integrating resource), the codes in field 006/00 correspond to those in Leader/06 (Type of record). For each occurrence of field 006, the codes defined for character positions 01-17 will be the same as those defined in the corresponding field 008, character positions 18-34. Configurations of field 006 are given in the following order: books, computer files/electronic resources, maps, music, continuing resources, visual materials, and mixed materials.

006--BOOKS

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--BOOKS section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
a - Language material
t - Manuscript language material
01-04 - Illustrations
See the description of positions 18-21 (Illustrations) under 008--BOOKS
05 - Target audience
See the description of position 22 (Target audience) under 008--BOOKS
06 - Form of item
See the description of position 23 (Form of item) under 008--BOOKS
07-10 - Nature of contents
See the description of positions 24-27 (Nature of contents) under 008--BOOKS
11 - Government publication
See the description of position 28 (Government publication) under 008--BOOKS
12 - Conference publication
See the description of position 29 (Conference publication) under 008--BOOKS
13 - Festschrift
See the description of position 30 (Festschrift) under 008--BOOKS
14 - Index
See the description of position 31 (Index) under 008--BOOKS
15 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
16 - Literary form
See the description of position 33 (Literary form) under 008--BOOKS
17 - Biography
See the description of position 34 (Biography) under 008--BOOKS

006--COMPUTER FILES/ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--COMPUTER FILES section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
m - Computer file/Electronic resource
01-04 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
05 - Target audience
See the description of position 22 (Target audience) under 008--COMPUTER FILES
06-08 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
09 - Type of computer file
See the description of position 26 (Type of computer file) under 008--COMPUTER FILES
10 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
11 - Government publication
See the description of position 28 (Government publication) under 008--COMPUTER FILES
12-17 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character

006--MAPS

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--MAPS section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
e - Cartographic material
f - Manuscript cartographic material
01-04 - Relief
See the description of positions 18-21 (Relief) under 008--MAPS
05-06 - Projection
See the description of positions 22-23 (Projection) under 008--MAPS
07 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
08 - Type of cartographic material
See the description of position 25 (Type of cartographic material) under 008--MAPS
09-10 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
11 - Government publication
See the description of position 28 (Government publication) under 008--MAPS
12 - Form of item
See the description of position 23 (Form of item) under 008--MAPS
13 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
14 - Index
See the description of position 31 (Index) under 008--MAPS
15 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
16-17 - Special format characteristics
See the description of positions 33-34 (Special format characteristics) under 008--MAPS

006--MIXED MATERIALS

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--MIXED MATERIALS section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
p - Mixed material
01-05 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
06 - Form of item
See the description of position 23 (Form of item) under 008--MIXED MATERIALS
07-17 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character

006--MUSIC

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--MUSIC section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
c - Notated music
d - Manuscript notated music
i - Nonmusical sound recording
j - Musical sound recording
01-02 - Form of composition
See the description of positions 18-19 (Form of composition) under 008--MUSIC
03 - Format of music
See the description of position 20 (Format of music) under 008--MUSIC
04 - Music parts
See the description of position 21 (Music parts) under 008--MUSIC
05 - Target audience
See the description of position 22 (Target audience) under 008--MUSIC
06 - Form of item
See the description of position 23 (Form of item) under 008--MUSIC
07-12 - Accompanying matter
See the description of positions 24-29 (Accompanying matter) under 008--MUSIC
13-14 - Literary text for sound recordings
See the description of positions 30-31 (Literary text for sound recordings) under 008--MUSIC
15 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
16 - Transposition and arrangement
See the description of position 33 (Transposition and arrangement) under 008--MUSIC
17 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character

006--CONTINUING RESOURCES

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
s - Serial/Integrating resource
01 - Frequency
See the description of position 18 (Frequency) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
02 - Regularity
See the description of position 19 (Regularity) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
03 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
04 - Type of continuing resource
See the description of position 21 (Type of continuing resource) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
05 - Form of original item
See the description of position 22 (Form of original item) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
06 - Form of item
See the description of position 23 (Form of item) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
07 - Nature of entire work
See the description of position 24 (Nature of entire work) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
08-10 - Nature of contents
See the description of positions 24-27 (Nature of contents) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
11 - Government publication
See the description of position 28 (Government publication) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
12 - Conference publication
See the description of position 29 (Conference publication) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
13-15 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
16 - Original alphabet or script of title
See the description of position 33 (Original alphabet or script of title) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES
17 - Entry convention
See the description of position 34 (Entry convention) under 008--CONTINUING RESOURCES

006--VISUAL MATERIALS

For descriptions of character positions 01-17, see the descriptions of corresponding character positions 18-34 in the 008--VISUAL MATERIALS section of Control Field 008.

Character Positions

00 - Form of material
g - Projected medium
k - Two-dimensional nonprojected graphic
o - Kit
r - Three-dimensional artifact or naturally occurring object
01-03 - Running time
See the description of positions 18-20 (Running time) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS
04 - Undefined
Contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
05 - Target audience
See the description of position 22 (Target audience) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS
06-10 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
11 - Government publication
See the description of position 28 (Government publication) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS
12 - Form of item
See the description of position 29 (Form of item) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS
13-15 - Undefined
Each contains a blank (#) or a fill (|) character
16 - Type of visual material
See the description of position 33 (Type of visual material) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS
17 - Technique
See the description of position 34 (Technique) under 008--VISUAL MATERIALS

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