043 - Geographic Area Code (NR)
MARC 21 Community Information - 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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the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.
Geographic area codes (GAC) for geographic areas associated
with the community information entity. Codes from: MARC Code List for
Geographic Areas. The source of a local code in
subfield $b is indicated in subfield $2. The source of codes in
subfield $c is ISO 3166, Codes for the representation of
names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1: Country
codes or Part 2: Country subdivision codes.
Information in textual form about the geographic area served
may be contained in field 522 (Geographic Area Note).
Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Geographic area code (R)
$b - Local GAC code (R)
$c - ISO code (R)
$2 - Source of local code (R)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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