MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data: 344: Sound Characteristics (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

Technical specifications relating to the encoding of sound in a resource.

Multiple values from the same source vocabulary may be recorded in the same field in separate occurrences of subfields. Terms from different source vocabularies are recorded in separate occurrences of the field.

Indicators

First - Undefined: # - Undefined
Second - Undefined: # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Type of recording (R)

$b - Recording medium (R)

$c - Playing speed (R)

$d - Groove characteristic (R)

$e - Track configuration (R)

$f - Tape configuration (R)

$g - Configuration of playback channels (R)

$h - Special playback characteristics (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)

$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

344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$c33 1/3 rpm
344	##$gstereo$2rdacpc
344	##$adigital$2rdatr
344	##$boptical$2rdarm
344	##$gsurround$2rdacpc
344	##$hDolby Digital 5.1
344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$c78 rpm
344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$dcoarse groove$2rdagw
344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$eedge track$2rdatc
344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$f12 track
344	##$adigital$2rdatr
344	##$gstereo$2rdacpc
344	##$aanalog$2rdatr
344	##$hDolby-B encoded$2rdaspc

344 - Sound Characteristics (R)

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples