USMARC CODE LIST FOR LANGUAGES=20
                                CHANGES


       The Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the
Library of Congress is preparing the 1996 edition of the _USMARC
Code List for Languages_. There are additional codes in the list,
largely as a result of the approval of a revision to the national
standard, _Codes for the Representation of Languages for
Information Interchange_ (Z39.53-1994), and one code deletion. Any
changes listed below that were not included in Z39.53 will be
incorporated at the next revision of that standard.

1. ADDITIONS OF NEW CODES

LANGUAGE NEW CODE
                                      =20
Bislama bis
Bantu (Other) bnt
Batak btk
Chamic languages cmc
Dayak day
Divehi div
Gbaya gba
Gorontalo gor
Hmong hmn
Kimbundu kmb
Luba-Lulua lua
Lushai lus
Mandar mdr
Nauru nau
Nias nia
Old Norse non
Philippine (Other) phi
Rapanui rap
Sasak sas
Santali sat
Sign languages sgn
Soninke snk
Tai (Other) tai
Tetum tet
Tokelauan tkl
Tamashek tmh
Tok Pisin tpi
Tuvalu tvl
Zande znd

A later announcement will be issued to clarify usage of the new
code for Sign languages in MARC records.
                                                                           =
   =20

2. REMOVAL OF EXISTING CODE

language old code
Aljam=A1a ajm



     Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting
these changes in all distribution services not earlier than
February 15, 1997. Questions regarding the language codes should
be directed to:


                          Cataloging Policy and Support Office
                                   Library of Congress
                               Washington, DC 20540-4305
                                     (202) 707-4380
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                                           November 15, 1996