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007 - Kit (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
February 1999
Indicators and Subfield Codes
Field has no indicators or subfield codes; the data elements are positionally defined.
Character Positions
00 - Category of material
o - Kit

01 - Specific material designation
u - Unspecified
| - No attempt to code

 

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

When field 007/00 contains code o, it contains special coded information that identifies the item physically as a kit.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ CHARACTER POSITIONS

00 - Category of material
o - Kit
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the category of material to which the item belongs is kit, which is defined as a mixture of various components issued as a unit and intended primarily for instructional purposes. No one component is identifiable as the predominant component of the item. Examples are packages of assorted materials, such as a set of K-12 social studies curriculum material (books, workbooks, guides, activities, etc.), or packages of educational test materials (tests, answer sheets, scoring guides, score charts, interpretative manuals, etc.). A fill character (|) is not allowed in this position.
01 - Specific material designation
Special class of textual material to which an item belongs.
u - Unspecified
Special material designation for the kit is not specified.
| - No attempt to code

■EXAMPLE

007 ou
[Item is a kit (007/00)]

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Field length - For the category of material kit, field 007 should consist of two character positions.
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