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040 - Record Source (NR)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full
October 2003
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Originating agency (R)
$b - Language code (NR)
$c - Transcribing agency (NR)
$d - Modifying agency (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

MARC code or the name of the organization(s) that created the original record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified an existing MARC record. See Organization Code Sources for a listing of organization code sources used in MARC 21 records.

MARC codes or names in field 040 specify the responsible parties for the content, content designation, and transcription of a community information record.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Originating agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that created the original record.
040 ##$aCP$cCP
[Cataloging produced and input by the Pasadena Public Library in Pasadena, California.]
040 ##$aNational Health Information Center$cNational Health Information Center
$b - Language code
MARC code for the language used in the textual portion of the record in the Note fields (5XX). Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
040 ##$aNN$bspa$cNN
[Cataloging produced and input by the New York Public Library. The 5XX notes are in Spanish.]
$c - Transcribing agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that transcribed the record into machine-readable form. If a transcribing agency also modifies the record in the process of transcribing it, the agency's MARC code or name is also recorded in subfield $d.
040 ##$aOkT$cOkT
[Cataloging produced and input by the Tulsa City-County Library System.]
$d - Modifying agency
MARC code or the name of the organization responsible for modifying a MARC record. A modification is defined as any correction to a record, including data, content designation, or keying changes. The MARC code or the name of each organization that modifies a record is contained in a separate subfield $d. Subfield $d is not repeated when the same MARC code or name would occur in adjacent $d subfields. If the same agency transcribing the record also modifies the cataloging record in the process of transcribing it, the agency’s name or MARC code is also recorded in subfield $d.
$6 - Linkage
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 040 does not end with a period.
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