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.
UPDATE 16 CHANGES
■ 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.