Appendix G - Format Changes
MARC 21 Bibliographic
September 2011
This section is provided for the lists of format changes
that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for
Bibliographic Data.
MARC 21 FORMAT FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
FORMAT CHANGE LIST
Update No. 13, September 2011
This page documents the changes contained in the thirteenth
update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for
Bibliographic Data. Update No. 13 (September 2011)
includes changes resulting from proposals that were
considered by the MARC 21 community during January and June 2011.
UPDATE 13 CHANGES
■ New content designators:
Indicators
0821st indicator
(Type of edition):
7 - Other edition specified in subfield $2
0831st indicator
(Type of edition):
7 - Other edition specified in subfield $2
Subfields
$d Thematic
index code (NR) in 383 (Numeric Designation
of Musical Work)
$e Publisher associated
with opus number (NR) in 383 (Numeric Designation
of Musical Work)
$j Generation
(R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$k Language code
of intermediate translations (R) in 041 (Language
Code)
$k Layout
(R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$m Book
format (R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$m Language code of original
accompanying materials other than librettos (R) in
041 (Language
Code)
$n Font
size (R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$n Language code
of original libretto (R) in 041 (Language
Code)
$o Polarity
(R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$q Assigning
agency (NR) in 084 (Other
Classification Number)
$0 Authority record
control number or standard number (R) in 034 (Coded
Cartographic Mathematical Data)
$0 Authority record
control number or standard number (R) in 043 (Geographic
Area Code)
$0 Authority record
control number or standard number (R) in 340 (Physical
Medium)
$2 Source (NR) in 383
(Numeric Designation of Musical Work)
$2 Source (NR)
in 340
(Physical Medium)
Fields
264 Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)
344 Sound Characteristics (R)
345 Projection Characteristics of Moving Image (R)
346 Video Characteristics (R)
347 Digital File Characteristics (R)
377 Associated Language (R)
■ Changes in content designator
names:
Subfields
$hLanguage code of original
and/or intermediate translations of text
changed to Language code of original in 041 (Language
Code)