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040 - Cataloging Source (NR)

MARC 21 Authority - Concise

2010

MARC code or the name of the organization(s) that created the original authority record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified an existing MARC record. These MARC codes and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for content, content designation, and transcription of an the authority record. See: MARC Code List for Organizations.

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 the catalog for which the record is intended. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.

$c - Transcribing agency (NR)

$d - Modifying agency (R)

$e - Description conventions (R)

Information specifying the description rules used in formulating the heading and reference structure when field 008/10 (Descriptive cataloging rules) contains code z (Other). Code from: Description Convention Source Codes.

$f - Subject heading/thesaurus conventions (NR)

MARC code for the subject heading/thesaurus conventions used when field 008/11 (Subject heading system/thesaurus) contains code z (Other). Code from: Subject Heading and Term Source Codes, or from specialized subject term lists indicated in the introduction to Subject Heading and Term Source Codes, such as the Genre/Form Code and Term 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	##$aDLC$cDLC


040	##$aSd$cICU


040	##$aICU$cICU


040	##$aMH$cMH$dDLC


040	##$aNc$cDLC$dDLC


040	##$aCaOOA$cCaOOA$erad


040	##$aUPB$beng$cUPB$erda

Library of Congress >> MARC >> Authority >> 01X-09X >> 040

(03/05/2010)