Appendix F - Format Changes
MARC 21 Authority
April 2012
This section is provided for the lists of format changes
that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for
Authority Data.
MARC 21 FORMAT FOR AUTHORITY DATA
FORMAT CHANGE LIST
Update No. 14, April 2012
This page documents the changes contained in the fourteenth
update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for
Authority Data. Update No. 14 (Update 2012)
includes changes resulting from proposals that were
considered by the MARC 21 community during January and June 2012.
UPDATE 14 CHANGES
■ New content designators:
Indicators
3821st indicator
(Display constant controller):
# - No information provided
0 - Medium of performance
1 - Partial medium of performance
Subfields
$b Soloist (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$d Doubling instrument (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$p Alternative medium of performance
(R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$n Number of performers of the medium (R) in 382 (Medium
of Performance)
$s Total number of performers (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$v Note (R) in 382 (Medium of Peformance)