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TECHNICAL NOTICE (December 18, 2007)

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 codes will be added to the online MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

The codes should not be used in exchange records until after February 18, 2008. This 60-day waiting period is required to provide MARC 21 implementers time to include newly defined codes in any validation tables they may apply to the MARC fields where the codes are used.

Classification

The following codes are for use in subfield $2 in field 084 in Bibliographic and Community Information records (Other Classification Number), in subfield $2 in field 084 in Classification records (Classification Scheme and Edition) and in subfield $2 in field 065 in Authority records (Other Classification Number).

• Additions:
  • asb - Allgemeine Systematik für Öffentliche Bibliotheken (ASB). (Berlin: Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut) [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • ghbs - GHB-Aufstellungssystematik: HBZ Köln [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • ifzs - Systematik der IfZ-Bibliothek [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • kab - Klassifikation für Allgemeinbibliotheken (Bad Honnef : Bock und Herchen Verlag) [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • rvk - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation (RVK) [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • sbb - Systematik der Bayerischen Bibliographie [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • sfb - SfB: Systematik für Bibliotheken (München: K.G. Saur) [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • sdnb - Systematik der Deutschen Nationalbibliographie [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • ssd - Systematik: Stadtbücherei Duisburg: Buchaufstellung und Ordnung des systematischen Kataloges (Reutlingen: Verlag Buch und Bibliothek) [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • stub - Systematik der TUB München [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • zdbs - ZDB-Systematik = ZDB-Classification [use only after February 18, 2008]

Description Conventions

The following codes are for use in subfield $e in field 040 in Bibliographic and Authority records (Description Conventions).

• Additions:
  • pi - Instruktionen für die alphabetischen Kataloge der preussischen Bibliotheken (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz [use only after February 18, 2008]
  • rna - Regeln zur Erschließung von Nachlässen und Autographen (RNA) [use only after February 18, 2008]

Language codes

The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 041 in Bibliographic and Commmunity Information records (Language code).

• Addition:
  • din2335 - Sprachenzeichen: DIN 2335 (Berlin: Beuth) [use only after February 18, 2008]

Abbreviated Title

The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 210 in Bibliographic records (Abbreviated Title).

• Addition:
  • din1502 - Regeln für das Kürzen von Wörtern in Titeln und für das Kürzen der Titel von Veröffentlichungen: DIN 1502 (Berlin; Köln: Beuth) [use only after February 18, 2008]

Other Standard Identifier

The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 024 in Bibliographic and Community Information records (Other Standard Identifier).

• Addition:
  • urn - Uniform Resource Name [use only after February 18, 2008]

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 listserv (marc@loc.gov).

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