TECHNICAL NOTICE (January 5, 2005) - Revised

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.The new codes will be added to the online MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. The new codes should not be used in exchange records until after March 5, 2005. This 60-day waiting period is required to provide MARC 21 implementers with time to include the newly defined code in any validation tables they may apply to the MARC fields where the code is used.

• MARC Term, Name, Title Sources
  Additions:
• waqaf - Maknas Uloom Al Waqaf (Kuwait: Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation); subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information records in fields 600-651, 655-658 and field 040, subfield $f (Cataloging Source / Subject heading/thesaurus conventions) in Authority records)
• natgazfid - U.S. National Gazetteer Feature Name Identifier; field 024, subfield $2 (Other Standard Identifier) in Bibliographic and Holdings records
• natgaz - U.S. National Gazetteer Feature Name Identifier - Code natgaz signifies that the heading (geographic feature name) for the record has been approved by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names for inclusion in the National Gazetteer maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. The name is the official name for a U.S. geographic feature. It is for general use and for use in Federal printed and electronic products; field 042 (Authentication Code).

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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