Appendix F - Format Changes
MARC 21 Authority
April 2013
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. 16, April 2013
This page documents the changes contained in the sixteenth
update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for
Authority Data. Update No. 16 (April 2013)
includes changes resulting from proposals that were
considered by the MARC 21 community during January 2013.
UPDATE 16 CHANGES
■ New content designators:
Subfields
$o Single or starting date for aggregated content (NR) in 046 (Special Coded Dates)
$p Ending date for aggregated content (NR) in 046 (Special Coded Dates)
Fields
X62 Medium of Performance Terms - General Information
162 Heading - Medium of Performance Term (NR)
385 Audience Characteristics (R)
386 Creator/Contributor Characteristics (R)
462 See From Tracing - Medium of Performance Term (R)
562 See Also From Tracing - Medium of Performance Term (R)
672 Title Related to the Entity (R)
673 Title Not Related to the Entity (R)
762 Established Heading Linking Entry - Medium of Performance Term (R)
UPDATE 16 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE
The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 16 and should be printed to keep a print copy of the format up-to-date. Changes appear in red.