Format Changes (Update No. 9, October 2008)

• Update No. 9 includes changes resulting from proposals considered by the MARC 21 community during 2008.
• Subfield code ‡y is a new content designator.
• ‡y is for the table sequence number for internal subarrangement or add table in 083 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number).

Organization Code Sources

• MARC Code List for Organizations is available from the Library of Congress.
• ISIL- und Sigelverzeichnis Online is maintained by the Deutsche ISIL-Agentur und Sigelstelle, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
• Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada is available from Library and Archives Canada.
• UK National Agency for MARC Organisation Codes is handled by Bibliographic Standards, The British Library.

007 - Videorecording

• 02 is undefined and contains blank (#) or a fill character (|).
• 03 indicates the color characteristics of a videorecording.

03 - Color

• a - One color: Not used with videorecordings.
• b - Black-and-white: The videorecording is in black-and-white.
• c - Multicolored: The videorecording is in more than one color.
• m - Mixed: The work combines black-and-white, colored, and/or other images.
• n - Not applicable: The item has no images, like a videorecording with sound only.
• u - Unknown: The color characteristics of an item are not known.
• z - Other: None of the other codes is appropriate (e.g., videorecording is toned, stained, tinted, etc.).
• | - No attempt to code

04 - Videorecording format

• Indicates the videotape or videodisc recording format.
• A separate 007 field is used for each format if a videorecording has various available formats.
• a - Beta (1/2 in., videocassette): A home video system introduced in 1975 by Sony.
• b - VHS (1/2 in., videocassette): A home video system introduced in 1977 by Japan Victor Corporation (JVC).
• c - U-matic (3/4 in., videocassette): A video format using Sony's trademark name and is the worldwide standard for 3/4 inch videotape.
• d - EIAJ (1/2 in., reel): The standard 1/2 inch reel-to-reel helical scan videotape system.

008-Books

18-21 - Illustrations (006/01-04)

• Up to four one-character alphabetic codes (recorded in alphabetical order) indicate the presence of types of illustrations.
• If fewer than four alphabetic codes are assigned, the codes are left justified, and unused positions contain blanks (#).
• The information for this character position is usually derived from terms in field 300 (Physical Description).
• If more than four codes are appropriate to an item, only the first four are recorded.

• - No illustrations: Work does not contain illustrations.

• a - Illustrations: Types of illustrations not covered by any of the more specific codes.
• b - Maps: Used when the term map or maps is present in field 300.
• c - Portraits: Used when the term port. or ports. is present in field 300.
• d - Charts: Used when the term chart or charts is present in field 300.
• e - Plans: Used when the term plan or plans is present in field 300.
• f - Plates: Used when the term plate or plates is present in field 300.
• g - Music: Used when the term music is present in field 300.
• h - Facsimiles: Used when the term facsim. or facsims. is present in field 300.
• i - Coats of arms: Used when the term coat of arms or coats of arms is present in field 300.
• j - Genealogical tables: Used when the term geneal. table or geneal. tables is present in field 300.
• k - Forms: Used when the term form or forms is present in field 300.
• l - Samples: Used when the term sample or samples is present in field 300.
• m - Phonodisc, phonowire, etc.: Used, on current records, when the following terms are present in field 300: sound disc, sound cartridge, sound tape reel, sound cassette, roll, and cylinder.
• o - Photographs: Used when the term photo. or photos. is present in field 300.
• p - Illuminations
• q Filmographies
• r Directories
• s Statistics
• t Technical reports
• u Standards/specifications
• v Legal cases and case notes
• w Law reports and digests
• y Yearbooks
• z Treaties
• 2 Offprints
• 5 Calendars
• 6 Comics/graphic novels
• | No attempt to code

22 - Target audience (006/05)

• One-character alphabetic code describes the intellectual level of the target audience.
• When items with factual content are considered appropriate for more than one target audience, the code is recorded for the primary target audience.
• If the record has both reading grade level and interest age or interest grade level information present in the 521 (Target Audience Note) field, 008/22 is coded based on the interest age.

  • - Unknown or not specified: Target audience is unknown or not specified.

  • a - Preschool: Intended for children, ages 0-5 years.
  • b - Primary: Intended for children, ages 6-8 years.
  • c - Pre-adolescent: Intended for young people, ages 9-13.
  • d - Adolescent: Intended for young people, ages 14-17.
  • e - Adult: Intended for adults.
  • f - Specialized: Aimed at a particular audience and the nature of the presentation would make the item of little interest to other audiences.
  • g General
  • j Juvenile
  • | No attempt to code

23 Form of item (006/06)

- # None of the following
- a Microfilm
- b Microfiche
- c Microopaque
- d Large print
- f Braille
- q Filmographies
- o Photographs
- r Directories
- p Illuminations
- s Statistics
- | No attempt to code
- t Technical reports
- u Standards/specifications
- v Legal cases and case notes
- w Law reports and digests
- y Yearbooks
- z Treaties
- 2 Offprints
- 5 Calendars
- 6 Comics/graphic novels
- | No attempt to code

28 Government publication (006/11)

- # Not a government publication
- a Autonomous or semi-autonomous component
- c Multilocal
- f Federal/national
- i International intergovernmental
- l Local
- m Multistate
- o Government publication - level undetermined
- s State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
- Field 008 positions 01-17 and 35-39 are defined the same in all 008 fields.
- Field 008/18-34 correspond to equivalent positionally defined data elements in field 006/01-17 when field 006/00 (Form of material) contains code a (Language material) or t (Manuscript language material).

Details about specific codes defined for the equivalent character positions in field 006 and 008 for books are provided in the Guidelines for Applying Content Designators section of 008-Books only.

008 - Continuing Resources

Frequency (008/18)

• Codes indicate how often a continuing resource is issued or updated.

• - No determinable frequency: The frequency is known to be intentionally irregular.

• a - Annual: Issued or updated once a year.
• b - Bimonthly: Issued or updated every two months.
• c - Semiweekly: Issued or updated twice a week.
• d - Daily: Issued or updated once a day.
• e - Biweekly: Issued or updated every two weeks.
• f - Semiannual: Issued or updated twice a year.
• g - Biennial: Issued or updated every two years.
• h - Triennial: Issued or updated every three years.