| First Indicator | Second Indicator |
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| Undefined # - Undefined |
Source of code # - MARC language code 7 - Source specified in $2 |
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Codes for languages associated with the entity described in the record. Includes the language a person uses when writing for publication, broadcasting, etc., a language a corporate body uses in its communications, a language of a family, or a language in which a work is expressed.
Guidelines for using field 377 in relation to field 008/35-37, 041 and 546 in those cases where the Bibliographic format is used to represent a work or expression with no manifestation information:
At 008: The 008 supports primarily machine indexing of the language of the resource for user tasks to find and select. Always supply 008 for a resource/manifestation or an expression, but do not supply if the record is for a work.
At 041: Supply 041 as needed and as applicable in bibliographic records for the manifestation only; do not use if the record is for a work or expression.
At 546: Use 546 to record textual information about language in bibliographic records for the manifestation or expression; do not use if the record is for a work.
At 377: When the resource description is for an expression, the 377 can be supplied even when one 377 duplicates the language information in the heading $l. In an expression description, fields 008 and 546 may also contain language information.
First Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).
Second Indicator - Source of code
Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
Source of language code is indicated by a code in subfield $2.
$a - Language code
A language code identifying the language that a person, organization, or family uses for publication, communication, etc., or in which a work is expressed.
$l - Language term
Language that a person, organization, or family uses for publication, communication, etc., or in which a work is expressed.
$0 - Authority record control number or standard number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
| 377 | ##$arus$0http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/languages/rus | ||||||||
$1 - Real World Object URI
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$2 - Source
Specifies a code that identifies the source of the language code in subfield $a.
Code from: Language Code and Term Source Codes.
$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.