MARC 21 Concise Formats
Format Changes
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
Contents
Introduction
Bibliographic Format Changes
Authority Format Changes
Holdings Format Changes
Classification Format Changes
Community Information Format Changes
This document contains the list of changes made to the 2004 edition of the
MARC 21 Concise Formats that were incorporated into the 2005 edition. All
of these changes will be included in the 2005 printed and web
editions.
Please contact the Network Development and MARC Standards Office for more
information about these changes at ndmso@loc.gov
Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online format
indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats
was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21
Concise Formats.
- New content designators:
- Field
- 662 - Subject Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name
- Code
- 008/35-37 (Language): code zxx (No linguistic content)
- Indicators
- 048 - 2nd indicator (Source of code): value # (MARC code)
- 048
- 2nd indicator (Source of code): value 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
- Subfield codes
- $2 - Source of code in 048 (Number of Musical Instruments
or Voices Code)
- $e - Relator term in 630 (Subject Added Entry-Uniform
Title)
- $4 - Relator code in 630 (Subject Added Entry-Uniform
Title)
- $4 - Relator code in 650 (Subject Added Entry-Topical
Term)
- $e - Relator term in 651 (Subject Added Entry-Geographic
Name)
- $4 - Relator code in 651 (Subject Added Entry-Geographic
Name)
- $e - Relator term in 654 (Subject Added Entry-Faceted
Topical Terms)
- $4 - Relator code in 654 (Subject Added Entry-Faceted
Topical Terms)
- $f - City subsection in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical
Place Name)
- $g - Other nonjurisdictional geographic
region and feature in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical
Place Name)
- $h - Extraterrestrial area in 752
(Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name)
- $2 - Source of heading or term in 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical
Place Name)
- Redefined content designators:
- Code
- 008/35-37 (Language): code ### (No
linguistic content information
provided)
- Changes in content designator names:
- Subfield codes
- $b in 041 (Language code): Language code for summary,
or abstract/overprinted title or subtitles
- $a in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name):
Country or larger entity
- $b in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name):
State, province, territory First-order political jurisdiction
- $c in 752 (Added entry-Hierarchical place name):
County, region, islands area Intermediate political jurisdiction
- Changes in text descriptions:
- Subfield codes
- 010 (Library of Congress Control Number) [Changes
made in full bibliographic format only]
- 020 (International Standard Book Number) [Changes
made in full bibliographic format only]
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Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online format
indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats
was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21
Concise Formats.
- Addition of MARC alphabetic prefix for field 010 (Library of Congress Control
Number)
[Change made in full authority format only]
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Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online format
indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats
was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21
Concise Formats.
- New content designators:
- Indicator
- 866-868 - Second indicator (Type of notation): value 7 (Source
specified in subfield $2)
- Subfield code
- $2 - Source of notation in 866-868 (Textual Holdings)
- Additional changes:
- A number of examples were updated or added and typos
corrected to several fields.
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Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online format
indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats
was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21
Concise
Formats.
- New content designator:
- Field
- 766 - Secondary Table Information
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Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in
the online format
indicate changes made after the 2004 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats
was published and are included in the 2005 printed edition of the MARC 21
Concise
Formats.
- There was no new or updated community information documentation issued
in 2005.
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