338 - Carrier Type (R)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2009
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2009/2010 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise
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Concise Formats.
Carrier type reflects the format of the storage medium and
housing of a carrier in combination with the media type (which
indicates the intermediation device required to view, play,
run, etc., the content of a resource). Used as an alternative
to or in addition to the coded expression of carrier type in
field 007/01 (Specific material designation). Field 338
information enables indication of more specific carrier types
and carrier types from various lists.
Multiple media types from the same source vocabulary or code
list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences
of subfield $a (Carrier type term) and subfield $b (Carrier
type code). Terms from different source vocabularies are
recorded in separate occurrences of the field.
Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Carrier type term (R)
Term for the category of carrier used to convey the content
of the resource.
$b - Carrier type code (R)
Code for the category of carrier used to convey the content
of the resource.
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
Part of the described materials to which the field applies.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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338 |
##$aaudio
disc$2rdacarrier |
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##$avideodisc$bvd
$2rdacarrier |
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##$bnb$2rdacarrier
$3liner notes |
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##$asheet$2rdacarrier
$3liner notes |
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