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Appendix G - Format Changes


MARC 21 Bibliographic
April 2013

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. 16, April 2013
This page documents the changes contained in the sixteenth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. Update No. 16 (April 2013) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January 2013.

New content designators:
Codes
Code l - Score in Music 008/20 (Format of music)
Indicators
6481st indicator (Type of date or time period):
# - No information provided
0 - Date or time period covered or depicted
1 - Date or time period of creation or origin
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)
$3 Materials specified (NR) in 250 (Edition Statement)
Fields
385Audience Characteristics (R)
386Creator/Contributor Characteristics (R)
Changes in content designator names and definitions:
Codes
Code a - Full score redescribed in Music 008/20 (Format of music)
Code z - Other redescribed in Music 008/20 (Format of music)
Fields
250Edition Statment changed to repeatable.

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.


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