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336 - Content Type (R)


MARC 21 Authority - concise
December 2017

The form of communication through which a work is expressed. Field 336 information enables expression of content types from various lists when the authority is for a title or name/title.

Multiple content types from the same source vocabulary or code list may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfield $a (Content type term) and subfield $b (Content 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 - Content type term (R)
$b - Content type code (R)
$0 - Authority record control number or standard number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$1 - Real World Object URI (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$2 - Source (NR)
Code from: Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes.
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
$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

336 ##$aperformed music$2rdacontent
336 ##$atwo-dimensional moving image$btdi$2rdacontent
336 ##$bprm$2rdacontent
336 ##$btxt$2rdacontent$3liner notes
336 ##$aperformed music$bprm$0(uri)http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/prm$2rdacontent
336 ##$aperformed music$0(uri)http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAContentType/1011
336 ##$btdm$2rdacontent
336 ##$atext$2rdacontent$3liner notes

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(12/18/2017)
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