TECHNICAL NOTICE ( March 16, 2004 )

Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

The codes listed below have been recently approved for use in MARC 21 records. They include 2 other source codes. These new codes will be added to the online MARC Codes Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. The codes should not be used in exchange records until after June 16, 2004. This 60 day waiting period is required to provide MARC 21 implementers with time to include newly defined codes in any validation tables they may apply to the MARC fields where these codes are used.

• MARC Other Sources
  Additions:
  • ukblsr (British Library Standard Record) (subfield $a in Bibliographic and Authority records in field 042) [use after June 16, 2004]
  • ukscp (UK Legal Deposit Libraries' Shared Cataloguing Programme Record) (subfield $a in Bibliographic and Authority records in field 042) [use after June 16, 2004]

The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/) as well as notices such as these to subscribers to its "MARC" electronic list (marc@loc.gov).

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