The Library of Congress >> Librarians, Archivists >> Standards >> MARC

Concise Formats - 2009/2010 Archive >> Bibliographic >> 001-006

Control Fields (001-006)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise

2008

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2009/2010 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Fields 001-006 contain control numbers and other control and coded information that are used in processing MARC bibliographic records. Each control field is identified by a field tag in the Directory and contains either a single data element or a series of fixed-length data elements identified by relative character position. Variable control fields contain neither indicator positions nor subfield codes.

001 - Control Number

003 - Control Number Identifier

005 - Date and Time of Latest Transaction

006 - Fixed-Length Data Elements - Additional Material Characteristics

Concise Formats - Concise Formats - 2009/2010 Archive >> Bibliographic >>001-006

The Library of Congress >> Librarians, Archivists >> Standards >> MARC

(10/20/2010)