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040 - Cataloging Source (NR)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
February 2010
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Original cataloging agency (NR)
$b - Language of cataloging (NR)
$c - Transcribing agency (NR)
$d - Modifying agency (R)
 $e - Description conventions (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

MARC code for or the name of the organization(s) that created the original bibliographic record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified (except for the addition of holdings symbols) an existing MARC record. These data and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for the bibliographic record. See: MARC Code List for Organizations for a listing of sources used in MARC 21 records.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Original cataloging agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that created the original record.
008/39 d
[other sources]
040 ##$aMt$cMt
[Cataloging produced and input by the Montana State Library.]
008/39 #
[national bibliographic agency]
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC
[Cataloging produced and input by the Library of Congress.]
008/39 d
[other sources]
040 ##$aCaOTY$beng$cCaOTY
[Cataloging produced and input by York University.]
008/39 #
[national bibliographic agency]
040 ##$aDLC/ICU$cICU
[LC non-MARC record upgraded and input via online input/update to LC by the University of Chicago.]
008/39 c
[cooperative cataloging program]
040 ##$aMH$cMH
[Harvard University Library cataloging input online as part of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging.]
$b - Language of cataloging
MARC code for the language of cataloging in the record. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
040 ##$aCaQQLA$bfre$cCaOONL
[Record created by Laval University in French and transcribed by the Library and Archives Canada.]
040 ##$aCaOONL$beng$cCaOONL
[Cataloging produced in English and input by the Library and Archives Canada.]
$c - Transcribing agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that transcribed the record into machine-readable form.
040 ##$aBrown Univ Lib$cCtY
[LC cooperative cataloging by Brown University, transcribed by Yale University, with no subsequent modification.]
040 ##$aCtY$cCtY
[Yale cataloging transcribed by Yale University with no subsequent modification.]
040 ##$aCtY$cMH
[Yale University cataloging transcribed by Harvard University with no subsequent modification.]
040 ##$aCaNSHD$beng$cCaOONL
[Record input by Dalhousie University and transcribed by the Library and Archives Canada.]
$d - Modifying agency
MARC code or the name of the organization responsible for modifying a MARC record. A modification is defined as any correction to a record, including cataloging, content designation, or keying changes, but excluding the addition of holdings symbols. The MARC code or name of each organization that modifies a record is contained in a separate subfield $d. Subfield $d is not repeated when the same MARC code or name would occur in adjacent $d subfields. If the same agency transcribing the record also modifies the cataloging record in the process of transcribing it, the agency's name or MARC code is also recorded in subfield $d.
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC$dCtY
[LC cataloging transcribed by LC, subsequently modified by Yale University.]
040 ##$aDLC$cCtY$dCtY
[LC cataloging transcribed and modified by Yale University.]
040 ##$aDLC$cCtY$dMH
[LC cataloging transcribed by Yale University, subsequently modified by Harvard University.]
040 ##$aDNAL$cDLC$dMH
[NAL cataloging transcribed by LC, subsequently modified by Harvard University.]
040 ##$aDNLM$cDLC$dMH
[NLM cataloging transcribed by LC, subsequently modified by Harvard University.]
040 ##$aDCE-C$cDNTIS$dWU-D$dMiAnI
[Cataloged by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, Customer Services Branch; transcribed by the National Technical Information Service; modified by the University of Wisconsin Data Program and Library Service and by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.]
$e - Description conventions
MARC code for or the title of the description rules used in creating the record. The subfield may also be used to record the use of AACR 2-based manuals. Subfield $e may contain either the name of the rules or a MARC code designating the rules
Code from: Description Convention Source Codes.
Leader/18 a
[code indicates AACR 2]
040 ##$aCSt-H$cCSt-H$eappm
[Hoover Institution cataloging, transcribed by Hoover and illustrating the optional use of subfield $e citing cataloging based on Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts]
040 ##$aDNA$cCtY$dCtY$eNARS Staff Bulletin No. 16
[National Archives and Records Service cataloging, transcribed and modified by Yale University, following description conventions in NARS Staff Bulletin No. 16.]
Leader/18 i
[code indicates ISBD]
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC$erda$edcrmb
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Codes - For Canadian organizations, the code is preceded by the letters “Ca.”

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$e - Description conventions [CHANGED, 2010]
In 2010, subfield was made repeatable.
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