Update No. 3 (October 2002) to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data is
now available from the Library of Congress. It includes changes made to
the holdings format resulting from proposals which were considered by
the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information
Committee (MARBI) at its 2002 meetings and by the Canadian Committee on
MARC (CCM) at its meetings in 2002. This update features important new
information including:

     Addition of field 563 (Binding information)
     Addition of subfields $n (Pattern note) and $p (Number of pieces
     per issuance) in fields 853-855
     Updated examples
     Improved descriptions of content designators

Update No. 3 to the MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data is available for
the following prices (Except in Canada -- See
below for ordering information in Canada):

   1.Separately: $10.00
   2.With the 2000 base text: Free
   3.Total Package of all of the MARC 21 Updates: $35.00

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