040 - Cataloging Source (NR)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2010

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2009/2010 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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

MARC code for or the name of the organization(s) that created the original bibliographic record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified (except for the addition of holdings symbols) an existing MARC record. These data and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for the bibliographic record. See: MARC Code List for Organizations for a listing of sources used in MARC 21 records.

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 cataloging in the record. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
$c - Transcribing agency (NR)
$d - Modifying agency (R)
$e - Description conventions (R)
Code from: Description Convention Source Codes.
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
040 ##$aMt$cMt
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC
040 ##$aCaOTY$beng $cCaOTY
040 ##$aCaQQLA$bfre $cCaOONL
040 ##$aDLC$cCtY $dMH
040 ##$aDCE-C$cDNTIS $dWU-D$dMiAnI
040 ##$aCSt-H$cCSt-H $eappm
040 ##$aDNA$cCtY $dCtY$eNARS Staff Bulletin No. 16
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC $erda$edcrmb

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