007 - Tactile Material (R)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2007
When field 007/00 contains code f, it contains special coded information about the
physical aspects of material that is intended to be read by touch.
Character Positions00 - Category of material f - Tactile material
01 - Specific material designation Special class of tactile materialspecific material to which the item belongs.
a - Moon
b - Braille
c - Combination
d - Tactile, with no writing system
u - Unspecified
z - Other
| - No attempt to code
02 - Undefined
Contains blank (#) or a fill character (|).
03-04 - Class of braille writing Family of braille to which the item belongs. This is not the particular braille
code, but the type of braille code used, representing different types of written
symbols. Up to two braille types may be indicated, or the cataloging agency can
choose to encode only the predominate type. Multiple codes are coded in order of
predominance, if any. If fewer than two codes are assigned, the codes are left
justified and unused positions contain blanks (#).
# - No specified class of braille writing
a - Literary braille
b - Format code braille
c - Mathematics and scientific braille
d - Computer braille
e - Music braille
m - Multiple braille types
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
|| - No attempt to code
05 - Level of contraction Whether contractions are used.
a - Uncontracted
b - Contracted
m - Combination
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code
06-08 - Braille music format Three-character code that indicates the braille music format of the item. The
music formats are the way measures, sections, parts, and related information, such
as words, are presented in relation to each other. Up to three formats may be
indicated, left justified in order of predominance. If fewer than three codes are
assigned, the codes are left justified and unused positions contain blanks (#).
# - No specified braille music format
a - Bar over bar
b - Bar by bar
c - Line over line
d - Paragraph
e - Single line
f - Section by section
g - Line by line
h - Open score
i - Spanner short form scoring
j - Short form scoring
k - Outline
l - Vertical score
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
||| - No attempt to code
09 - Special physical characteristics a - Print/braille
b - Jumbo or enlarged braille
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code