MARC 21 Concise Format for Bibliographic Data: 007: Tactile Material (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

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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

f - Tactile material

01 - Specific material designation

Special class of tactile materialspecific material to which the item belongs.

a - Moon

b - Braille

c - Combination

d - Tactile, with no writing system

u - Unspecified

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

02 - Undefined

Contains blank (#) or a fill character (|).

03-04 - Class of braille writing

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 can choose to encode only the predominate type. Multiple codes are coded in order of predominance, if any. If fewer than two codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and unused positions contain blanks (#).

# - No specified class of braille writing

a - Literary braille

b - Format code braille

c - Mathematics and scientific braille

d - Computer braille

e - Music braille

m - Multiple braille types

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

|| - No attempt to code

05 - Level of contraction

Whether contractions are used.

a - Uncontracted

b - Contracted

m - Combination

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

06-08 - Braille music format

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 blanks (#).

# - No specified braille music format

a - Bar over bar

b - Bar by bar

c - Line over line

d - Paragraph

e - Single line

f - Section by section

g - Line by line

h - Open score

i - Spanner short form scoring

j - Short form scoring

k - Outline

l - Vertical score

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

||| - No attempt to code

09 - Special physical characteristics

a - Print/braille

b - Jumbo or enlarged braille

n - Not applicable

u - Unknown

z - Other

| - No attempt to code

007 - Tactile Material (R)

Character Positions