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040 - Record Source (NR)

MARC 21 Holdings - Full
October 2003
First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Original cataloging agency (NR)
$b - Language of cataloging (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 for or the name of the organization(s) that created the original, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified an existing MARC record. These data and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for the content, content designation, and transcription of the bibliographic record.

See Organization Code Sources for a listing of sources used in MARC 21 records.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Original cataloging agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that created the original record.
008/39 d
[other sources]
040 ##$aMt$cMt
[Record produced and input by the Montana State Library.]
008/39 #
[national bibliographic agency]
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC
[Record produced and input by the Library of Congress.]
008/39 d
[other sources]
040 ##$aCaOTY$beng$cCaOTY
[Record produced and input by York University.]
$b - Language of cataloging
MARC code for the language of cataloging in the record. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
040 ##$aCaQQLA$bfre$cCaOONL
[Record created by Laval University in French and transcribed by the Library and Archives Canada.]
040 ##$aCaOONL$beng$cCaOONL
[Record produced in English and input by the Library and Archives Canada.]
$c - Transcribing agency
MARC code or the name of the organization that transcribed the record into machine-readable form.
040 ##$aCtY$cCtY
[Yale record transcribed by Yale University with no subsequent modification.]
040 ##$aCaNSHD$beng$cCaOONL
[Record input by Dalhousie University and transcribed by the Library and Archives Canada.]
$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 cataloging, content designation, or keying changes, but excluding the addition of holdings symbols. The MARC code or 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 $d.
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC$dCtY
[LC cataloging transcribed by LC, subsequently modified by Yale University.]
$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

Codes - For Canadian organizations, the code is preceded by the letters "Ca".
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