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MARC 21 Concise Formats

Format Changes

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
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Contents

Introduction
Bibliographic Format Changes
Authority Format Changes
Holdings Format Changes
Classification Format Changes
Community Information Format Changes

Introduction

Please contact the Network Development and MARC Standards Office for more information about these changes at ndmso@loc.gov

Bibliographic Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2005 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2006 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  • Subfield codes
    • $f - Standardized terminology for access restriction in 506 (Restrictions on Access Note)
    • $j - Relator term in 111 (Main Entry---Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 611 (Subject Added Entry-Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 711 (Added Entry-Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 811 (Series Added Entry-Meeting Name)
    • $r - Distance from earth in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
    • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier in 852 (Location)
    • $x - Beginning date in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
    • $y - Ending date in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
    • $z - Name of extraterrestrial body in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
    • $2 - Source in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)
    • $2 - Source of code in 047 (Form of Musical Composition Code)
    • $2 - Source of term in 506 (Restrictions on Access Note)
  • Indicators
    • 047 2nd indicator (Source of code): # (MARC musical composition code)
    • 047 2nd indicator (Source of code): 7 (Source specified in subfield $2)
    • 506 1st indicator (Restriction): # (No information provided)
    • 506 1st indicator (Restriction): 0 (No restrictions)
    • 506 1st indicator (Restriction): 1 (Restrictions apply)
• Changes in repeatability:
  • Field
    • 047 - Form of musical composition code
      Changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)

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Authority Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2005 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2006 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  • Field
    • 034 - Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data
  • Subfield codes
    • $j - Relator term in 111 (Heading -- Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 411 (See From Tracing -- Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 511 (See Also From Tracing -- Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 711 (Established Heading Linking Entry -- Meeting Name)

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Holdings Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2005 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2006 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designators:
  • Fields
    • 506 - Restrictions on Access Note
  • Subfield codes
    • $o - Type of Unit in 853-855 (Caption and Pattern fields)
    • $o - Title of Unit in 863-865 (Enumeration and Chronology fields)
    • $u - Uniform Resource Identifier in 852 (Location)
    • $v - Issuing date in 865 (Enumeration and Chronology -- Indexes)
    • $2 - Source of caption abbreviation in 853-855 (Caption and Pattern Fields)
• Additional changes:
  • A number of examples were updated or added and typos corrected to several fields.

Classification Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2005 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2006 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.

• New content designator:
  • Subfield code
    • $j -Relator term in 711 (Index Term -- Meeting Name)

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Community Information Format Changes

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red in the online format indicate changes made after the 2005 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2006 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats

• New content designators:
  • Subfield codes
    • $j - Relator term in 111 (Primary Name -- Meeting)
    • $j - Relator term in 611 (Subject Added Entry -- Meeting Name)
    • $j - Relator term in 711 (Added Entry -- Meeting Name)

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