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338 - CARRIER TYPE (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic/Holdings
Draft of approved field 2009
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Carrier type term (R)
$b - Carrier type code (R)
$2 - Source (NR)

 $3 - Materials specified (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (NR)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

The format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier in combination with the type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Carrier type term
Term for the category of carrier used to convey the content of the resource.
$b - Carrier type code
Code representing the category of carrier used to convey the content of the resource.
$1 - URI
Identifier constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force. It is a surrogate for a value that would otherwise be recorded in another subfield. The value may or may not be recorded in the other appropriate subfield.
$2 - Source
MARC code that identifies the source of the term used to record the carrier type information. Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. If more than one source is recorded, the field is repeated.
$3 - Materials specified
Part of the described material to which the field applies.
$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.

EXAMPLES

Bibliographic record:

110 2# $a System of a Down (Musical group)
245 10 $a Hypnotize / $c System of a Down
336 ## $a performed music $2 rdacontent
336 ## $a two-dimensional moving image $2 rdacontent
336 ## $a text $2 rdacontent $3 liner notes
337 ## $a audio $2 rdamedia
337 ## $a video $2 rdamedia
337 ## $a unmediated $2 rdamedia $3 liner notes
338 ## $a audio disc $2 rdacarrier
338 ## $a video disc $2 rdacarrier
338 ## $a sheet $2 rdacarrier $3 liner notes
[Portion of a bibliographic record representing the manifestation using RDA terms in 336, 337 and 338. Note: the terms in $2 are for demonstration only. The final terms are to be determined by LC]

110 2# $a System of a Down (Musical group)
245 10 $a Hypnotize / $c System of a Down
336 ## $b prm $2 [code list]
336 ## $b tdm $2 [code list]
336 ## $b txt $2 [code list] $3 liner notes
337 ## $b a $2 [code list]
337 ## $b a $2 [code list]
337 ## $b v $2 [code list] $3 liner notes
338 ## $b ad $2 [code list]
338 ## $b vd $2 [code list]
338 ## $b ub $2 [code list] $3 liner notes
[Portion of a bibliographic record representing the manifestation using RDA codes in 336, 337 and 338. Note: the codes in this example are arbitrary and are not intended to be definitive. The actual terms are yet to be determined by LC]


 

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Multiple Carrier types from the same source vocabulary may be recorded in the same field in separate subfields. Terms from separate source vocabularies must be recorded in separate fields. Each instance of field 338 must contain only terms in $a subfields or only codes in $b subfields.

 

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