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

Concise Formats - 2009/2010 Archive >> Classification >> 15X >> 153

153 - Classification Number (NR)

MARC 21 Classification - Concise
October 2008

Classification numbers that are constructed according to the classification scheme that is identified in field 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition). This field may contain a single classification number (008/07, Type of number, code a) or a span of classification numbers (008/07, code b or c) from a schedule (008/06, Kind of record, code a) or from a table (008/06, code b) and its associated caption (subfield $j) and caption hierarchy (subfields $h and $k). The subject context of the classification number is indicated by the preceding hierarchy captions contained in repeatable subfields $h and $k. (Field 153 must contain at least one subfield $a and one subfield $j.)

Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Classification number--single number or beginning number of span (R)
$c - Classification number--ending number of span (R)
$e - Classification number hierarchy--single number or beginning number of span (R)
$f - Classification number hierarchy--ending number of span (R)
$h - Caption hierarchy (R)
Caption for each higher level of the caption hierarchy that precedes the caption for a classification number or span that is contained in subfield $j (Caption). The caption at the highest level is recorded in the first subfield $h. The caption at each successive level is recorded in sequence in separate subfields $h up to and including the level that precedes the caption contained in subfield $j. Captions for all levels of the hierarchy are recorded in the field. If the caption in subfield $j is the highest level of the hierarchy, subfield $h is not used. (However, some systems may wish to omit some levels of the hierarchy for display purposes.) A caption hierarchy for classification numbers in a summary number span in the Dewey Decimal Classification is contained in subfield $k (Summary number span caption hierarchy).
$j - Caption (NR)
Lowest caption in the caption hierarchy for a classification number or span.
$k - Summary number span caption hierarchy (R)
Caption at a level higher than the last for a summary number span when the classification scheme identified in field 084 (Classification Scheme and Edition) is the Dewey Decimal Classification. Caption hierarchies for single classification numbers, defined numbers spans, or other types of summary number spans are contained in subfield $h. The last caption in the caption hierarchy for a summary number span in field 153 (008/07, Type of number, code c for summary number span) is recorded in subfield $j.
$y - Table sequence number for internal subarrangement or add table (R)
$z - Table identification (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
153 ##$aF61$cF75 $hUnited States local history$jMassachusetts
153 ##$zL4$a1 $hTable of subdivisions: Institutions in America (LD-LE)$hAdministration$hGeneral works. Office reports$jBoard of regents, trustees, etc.
153 ##$zP-PZ2$a269 $hTable for languages (500 nos.)$hTranslating$jMachine translating
153 ##$z6$a94511 $hLanguages$hOther languages$hAltaic, Uralic, Hyperborean, Dravidian languages$kUralic languages$hFinno-Ugric languages$hUgric languages$jHungarian (Magyar)
153 ##$a401.3$hLanguage $hPhilosophy and theory$jInternational languages
153 ##$a220.1$c220.9 $hReligion$hBible $jGeneralities
153 ##$aKK1261$cKK1261.5 $hLaw of Germany and West Germany$hCivil law. Bürgerliches Recht$hProperty. Law of things. Sachenrecht$jRight of property. Constitutional guaranty
153 ##$zN1$a49.6 $hTables of regions or countries (100 numbers)$hEurope$jGerman, Austrian, and Swiss (Collectively)
153 ##$aPQ4315.25$hItalian literature$hIndividual authors.$hIndividual authors and works to 1400.$hDante Alighieri, 1265-1321.$hTranslations$hEnglish. $hDivina commedia.$hInferno.$jParticular cantos
153 ##$a786.67$hThe arts. Fine and decorative arts$hMusic$kPrinciples, forms, ensembles, voices, instruments$kInstruments and their music$kSpecific instruments and their music$hKeyboard, mechanical, electrophonic, percussion instruments$hMechanical and aeolian instruments$kMechanical instruments$jMechanical stringed instruments
153 ##$a153.94001$c153.94999 $hPhilosophy, parapsychology and occultism, psychology$hPsychology$kSpecific topics in psychology$hConscious mental processes and intelligence$hIntelligence and aptitudes$hAptitude tests$jTests for aptitudes in specific fields
153 ##$aBL1112.2$cBL1137.72 $hReligions. Mythology. Rationalism$hReligion$hHistory and principles of religions$hAsian. Oriental$hBy religion$hHinduism$hSacred books. Sources$jVedic texts
153 ##$aQL638.E55$hZoology $hChordates. Vertebrates$hFishes$hSystematic divisions$hOsteichthys (Bony fishes). By family, A-Z$hFamilies$jEngraulidae (Anchovies)
153 ##$a306.36$hSocial sciences$kSpecific topics in sociology and anthropology$hCulture and institutions$kCultural institutions$hEconomic institutions$jSystems of labor
153 ##$aKK253$cKK1803 $hLaw of Germany and West Germany$hHistory of law. Rechts- und Verfassungsgeschichte$hBy period$hPeriod from ca. 919 to ca. 1867. Hochmittelalter, Spätmittelalter und Neuzeit$hSources. Rechtsquellen$hImperial laws and legislation. Reichsabschiede$hIndividual. By date$jRatisbon (Franz II. Reichsdeputationshauptschluss)
153 ##$a600$jTechnology (Applied sciences)
153 ##$a220.12$hReligion $hBible$kGeneralities $hOrigins and authenticity$jCanon
153 ##$a005.52$hComputer science, information, general works$hComputer programming, programs, data$hGeneral purpose application programs$jWord processing
153 ##$z2$a482 $c484$hGeographic Areas, Historical Periods, Persons$kSpecific continents, countries, localities; extraterrestrial worlds$kModern world; extraterrestrial worlds$hEurope. Western Europe$hScandinavia$jDivisions of Norway
Concise Formats - 2009/2010 Archive >> Classification >> 15X >> 153

The Library of Congress >> Librarians, Archivists >> Standards >> MARC
(10/20/2010) 		Contact Us