TECHNICAL NOTICE (December 18, 2007)
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description
Conventions
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The codes listed below have been recently approved for use in MARC 21
records. The codes will be added to the online MARC Code Lists for
Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.
The codes should not be used in exchange records until after February 18,
2008. This 60-day waiting period is required to provide MARC 21
implementers time to include newly defined codes in any validation tables
they may apply to the MARC fields where the codes are used.
Classification
The following codes are for use in subfield $2 in field 084 in
Bibliographic and Community Information records (Other Classification
Number), in subfield $2 in field 084 in Classification records
(Classification Scheme and Edition) and in subfield $2 in field 065 in
Authority records (Other Classification Number).
* Additions:
asb - Allgemeine Systematik f�r �ffentliche Bibliotheken (ASB). (Berlin:
Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut) [use only after February 18, 2008]
ghbs - GHB-Aufstellungssystematik: HBZ K�ln [use only after February 18,
2008]
ifzs - Systematik der IfZ-Bibliothek. [use only after February 18, 2008]
kab - Klassifikation f�r Allgemeinbibliotheken (Bad Honnef : Bock und
Herchen Verlag) [use only after February 18, 2008]
rvk - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation (RVK) [use only after February
18, 2008]
sbb - Systematik der Bayerischen Bibliographie [use only after February
18, 2008]
sfb - SfB: Systematik f�r Bibliotheken (M�nchen: K.G. Saur) [use only
after February 18, 2008]
sdnb - Systematik der Deutschen Nationalbibliographie [use only after
February 18, 2008]
ssd - Systematik: Stadtb�cherei Duisburg: Buchaufstellung und Ordnung des
systematischen Kataloges (Reutlingen: Verlag Buch und Bibliothek) [use
only after February 18, 2008]
stub - Systematik der TUB M�nchen [use only after February 18, 2008]
zdbs - ZDB-Systematik = ZDB-Classification [use only after February 18,
2008]
Description Conventions
The following codes are for use in subfield $e in field 040 in
Bibliographic and Authority records (Description Conventions).
* Additions:
pi - Instruktionen f�r die alphabetischen Kataloge der preussischen
Bibliotheken (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz [use only after February 18,
2008]
rna - Regeln zur Erschlie�ung von Nachl�ssen und Autographen (RNA) [use
only after February 18, 2008]
Language codes
The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 041 in Bibliographic
and Commmunity Information records (Language code).
* Addition:
din2335 - Sprachenzeichen: DIN 2335 (Berlin: Beuth) [use only after
February 18, 2008]
Abbreviated Title
The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 210 in Bibliographic
records (Abbreviated Title).
* Addition:
din1502 - Regeln f�r das K�rzen von W�rtern in Titeln und f�r das K�rzen
der Titel von Ver�ffentlichungen: DIN 1502 (Berlin; K�ln: Beuth) [use only
after February 18, 2008]
Other Standard Identifier
The following code is for use in subfield $2 in field 024 in Bibliographic
and Community Information records (Other Standard Identifier).
* Addition:
urn - Uniform Resource Name [use only after February 18, 2008]
The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office
provides information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its
Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/) as well as notices such as these to
subscribers to its MARC listserv ([log in to unmask]).
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