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Appendix G - Format Changes


MARC 21 Bibliographic
October 2007

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. 8, October 2007
This page documents the changes contained in the eighth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. Update No. 8 (October 2007) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during 2007.

New content designators:
Codes
Code 2 - Offprints in Books 008/24-27 (Nature of Contents)
Indicators
5201st indicator (Display constant controller):
4 - Content advice
6532nd indicator (Type of term or name):
# - No information provided
0 - Topical term
1 - Personal name
2 - Corporate name
3 - Meeting name
4 - Chronological term
5 - Geographic name
6 - Genre/form term
Subfield codes
$cAssigning agency in 520 (Summary, etc.)
$dFormer shelving location in 852 (Location)
$jLanguage code of subtitles or captions in 041 (Language code)
$lISSN-L in 022 (ISSN)
$mCanceled ISSN-L in 022 (ISSN)
$wBibliographic record control number in 440 (Series statement/Added entry -- Title)
$wBibliographic record control number in 800 (Series added entry -- Personal name)
$wBibliographic record control number in 810 (Series added entry -- Corporate name)
$wBibliographic record control number in 811 (Series added entry -- Meeting name)
$wBibliographic record control number in 830 (Series added entry -- Uniform title)
$zCanceled/Invalid national bibliography number in 015 (National bibliography number)
$0Authority record control number in 100 (Main entry -- Personal name)
$0Authority record control number in 110 (Main entry -- Corporate name)
$0Authority record control number in 111 (Main entry -- Meeting name)
$0Authority record control number in 130 (Main entry -- Uniform title)
$0Authority record control number in 240 (Uniform title)
$0Authority record control number in 440 (Series statement/Added entry -- Title)
$0Authority record control number in 600 (Subject added entry -- Personal name)
$0Authority record control number in 610 (Subject added entry -- Corporate name)
$0Authority record control number in 611 (Subject added entry -- Meeting name)
$0Authority record control number in 630 (Subject added entry -- Uniform title)
$0Authority record control number in 648 (Subject added entry -- Chronological term)
$0Authority record control number in 650 (Subject added entry -- Topical term)
$0Authority record control number in 651 (Subject added entry -- Geographic name)
$0Authority record control number in 654 (Subject added entry -- Faceted topical terms)
$0Authority record control number in 655 (Index term -- Genre/form)
$0Authority record control number in 656 (Index term -- Occupation)
$0Authority record control number in 657 (Index term -- Function)
$0Authority record control number in 662 (Subject added entry -- Hierarchical place name)
$0Authority record control number in 700 (Added entry -- Personal name)
$0Authority record control number in 710 (Added entry -- Corporate name)
$0Authority record control number in 711 (Added entry -- Meeting name)
$0Authority record control number in 730 (Added entry -- Uniform title)
$0Authority record control number in 752 (Added entry -- Hierarchical place name)
$0Authority record control number in 754 (Added entry -- Taxonomic identification)
$0Authority record control number in 800 (Series added entry -- Personal name)
$0Authority record control number in 810 (Series added entry -- Corporate name)
$0Authority record control number in 811 (Series added entry -- Meeting name)
$0Authority record control number in 830 (Series added entry -- Uniform title)
$2Source in 520 (Summary, etc.)
$5Institution to which field applies in 533 (Reproduction note)
$5Institution to which field applies in 538 (System details note)
Fields
363Normalized date and sequential designation (R)
751Added entry -- Geographic name (R)
882Replacement record information (NR)
Redefinition of data elements:
Subfield code
$bLanguage code of summary or abstract in 041 (Language code)
Field
Leader/19: Multipart resource record level

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