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066 - Character Sets Present (NR)


MARC 21 Classification - Concise
2007

Used in records encoded with characters from sets other than ISO 10646 (or Unicode) to specify the character sets for data content that are present in the record. A detailed description of the standard escape sequences used in MARC records is provided in MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets and Exchange Media.

Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Primary G0 character set (NR)
Intermediate and Final characters of the escape sequence that designates and invokes the default G0 character set.
$b - Primary G1 character set (NR)
Intermediate and Final characters of the escape sequence that designates and invokes the default G1 character set.
$c - Alternate G0 or G1 character set (R)
Intermediate and Final characters of each escape sequence that designates an alternate graphic character set used in a record.
Examples
066 ##$a(N
066 ##$a$1
066 ##$b$)1
066 ##$b)Q
066 ##$c)2

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