TECHNICAL NOTICE (MARCH 13, 2003)
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources,
Description Conventions
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
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The codes listed below have been recently approved for use in MARC
21 records. They include 1 relator code, 1 classification source
code, 1 subject source code, and 1 format source code. These new
codes will be added to the online "MARC Codes Lists for Relators,
Sources, Description Conventions". The codes should not be used in
exchange records until after May 11, 2003. This 60-day waiting
period is required to provide MARC 21 implementers with time to
include newly defined codes in any validation tables they may apply
to the MARC fields where these codes are used.
MARC Relator Codes
Changes:
rpy - Responsible party (subfield $4 in name access fields)
MARC Classification Scheme Sources
Changes:
rubbks - Bibliotechno-bibliograficheskaia klassifikatsiia:
Srednye tablitsy (subfield $2 in bibliographic field
084 and authority field 065)
MARC Term, Name, Title Sources
Changes:
sipri - SIPRI library thesaurus (subfield $2 in Bibliographic
and Community Information records in fields 600-651,
655-658)
MARC Format Sources
Changes:
mods- Metadata object description schema (subfield $2 in
Bibliographic records in field 887)
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The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC
Standards Office provides information about existing and newly
assigned MARC codes on its Web site (http://www.loc.gov/marc/)
as well as notices such as these to subscribers to its "MARC"
electronic list ([log in to unmask]).
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