Appendix F - Format Changes

MARC 21 Holdings

April 2015

This section is provided for the lists of format changes that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data.

MARC 21 FORMAT FOR HOLDINGS DATA

FORMAT CHANGE LIST

Update No. 20, April 2015

This page documents the changes contained in the twentieth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data. Update No. 20 (April 2015) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January/February 2015.

Format changes in previous updates can be found on the MARC Format Overview page.

■ New content designators:

Codes

Code q - Lease in Fixed-Length Data Elements 008/07 (Method of acquisition)

Fields

884Description Conversion Information (R)

UPDATE 20 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE

The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 20 and should be printed to keep a print copy of the format up-to-date. Changes appear in red.

Summary Statement of Content Designators
008 - Fixed Length Data Elements - General Information
88X - Other Variable Fields - General Information
884 - Description Conversion Information