MARC Language Codes 2007
A new 2007 edition of the MARC Language Code list is now available at
<http://www.loc.gov/marc/languages/langhome.html>. It may also be accessed
from the MARC homepage. The publication is presented in PDF with bookmarks
for navigation. The Library's Cataloging Distribution Service will also be
publishing a print version of the languages codes and it will be announced
when it is available.
This edition incorporates all of the additions and changes since the 2003
edition. These changes had been previously announced and a change list
maintained on the MARC web site since the 2003 edition was published. The
new edition content was edited by Millicent Wewerka in the Cataloging
Policy and Support Office to incorporate all needed changes to code names,
group codes languages, and references.
The list is published from a new XML file that is also made available from
the site. (It was formerly published from an SGML file developed in the
late 1990s.) The services available from the XML file will be enhanced
over the coming months as the other MARC code lists are also released in
XML. The 2007 online edition and XML file will be updated on a regular
basis.
Questions on the new edition or the XML file should be addressed to Jackie
Radebaugh at [log in to unmask]
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Sally H. McCallum, Chief, Network Development and
MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Washington, DC 20540 USA
[log in to unmask] (Fax: 1-202-707 0115) (Voice: 1-202-707 5119)
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