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Update No. 6

MARC 21 Format for Authority Data

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

Update No. 6 (October 2005) to the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data is now available from the Library of Congress. It includes changes made to the authority format resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) at its 2005 meetings, the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) at its meetings in 2005 and by the Book Industry Communications/Bibliographic Standards Technical Subgroup (BIC/BSTS) at its 2005 meetings. This update features important new information including:

• Addition of MARC alphabetic prefix for field 010 (Library of Congress Control Number)

Update No. 6 to the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data is available for $10 worldwide (Except in Canada -- See below for ordering information in Canada).

Order from:

Library of Congress
Cataloging Distribution Service
Customer Services Section
Washington, DC 20541-4912
www.loc.gov/cds/
TEL: 1-202-707-6100
FAX: 1-202-707-1334
E-MAIL: cdsinfo@loc.gov

French versions of MARC 21 publications and English versions in Canada are available from:

Government of Canada Publications
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OS9 Canada
http://publications.gc.ca/helpAndInfo/hwrdr-e.htm
TEL: 1-800-635-7943
FAX: 1-800-565-7757
E-MAIL: publications@pwgsc.gc.ca

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