TECHNICAL NOTICE (April 07, 2016)
Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The source codes listed below have been recently approved.
The codes will be added to the applicable
Source Codes for
Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists.
See the specific source code lists for current usage
in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements.
The codes should not be used in exchange records until 60 days
after the date of this notice to provide implementers time to
include newly-defined codes in any validation tables.
Curriculum Objective Term and Code Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Curriculum Objective Term and Code Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Addition:
- udir -
Norwegian curriculum (Utdanningsdirektoratet (Udir)/The Norwegian directorate for education and training)
Description Convention Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Description Convention Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Addition:
- lcmpt -
Library of Congress medium of performance thesaurus for music (LCMPT) (Washington, DC: Library of Congress)
Note: This code was previously defined for use in
Musical Instrumentation and Voice Code Source Codes.
Usage has been expanded to Description Convention Source Codes.
Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Additions
- lobt -
Language of Bindings Thesaurus (London: University of Arts) [initially announced as "kobt"; corrected 2016-06-23]
Standard Identifier Source Codes
The following source code has been added to the
Standard Identifier Source Codes list for usage in
appropriate fields and elements.
- Additions:
- bfi -
BFI - British Film Institute
- fast -
FAST - Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Note: This code was previously defined for use in
Subject Heading and Term Source Codes.
Usage has been expanded to Standard Identifier Source Codes.
- isbnre -
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) registrant element
Note: Refers to the part of the ISBN number that is stable for a
publisher's publications (the registrant element).
- isil - ISIL (International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related
Organizations)
- rbmsbt -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Binding Terms (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmsgt -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Genre Terms (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmspe -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Provenance Evidence (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmsppe -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Printing and Publishing Evidence (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmspt -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Paper Terms (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
Association, of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmsrd -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Relationship Designators (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- rbmste -
RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Type Evidence (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,
Association of College & Research Libraries)
- scholaru -
Scholar Universe
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
([email protected]).
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