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The changes to the Validation Rules for cataloging, originally scheduled for October 15, have been rescheduled for this coming Sunday. Please see the attached message that will appear in OCLC System News later today. I will let you if there are any changes to the planned schedule. Ellen Caplan OCLC Collections & Technical Services Division Voice: 800-848-5878, x6472 or 614-764-6472 Fax: 614-718-7178 Email: [log in to unmask] ================================================================== Rescheduled Changes to the Validation Rules Changes to the Validation Rules for cataloging, originally scheduled for October 15, 2000, have been rescheduled for October 22, 2000. OCLC plans to make several changes to the Validation Rules for cataloging as part of the follow-up to the MARC Bibliographic Updates implemented in October 1998 (Technical Bulletin 227) and April 2000 (Technical Bulletin 236). Bibliographic records have been scanned and corrected. Final scans will be completed after October 22nd. We will advise OCLC members if there is any change to the October 22nd install date. Changes include * Invalidating obsolete elements and values. The obsolete elements have been scanned and deleted or corrected. This includes removing obsolete language codes from the validation rules. If you need help in determining what should be used in place of the obsolete elements, see Technical Bulletins 227 and 236. * Adding the value 's' for 'electronic item' to field 539, subfield $g. * Changing the Validation Rules to match the input standards for field 007 for remote-sensing images (007/01 or subfield $a = r). Invalidating obsolete elements. The following fields, subfields, codes and values will no longer be valid for input. * Language codes (Lang, 040 $b, 041, 242 $y, and 775 $e) Obsolete code Lanuguage tru Truk esp Esperanto far Faroese fri Frisian eth Ethiopic gae Gaelic (Scots) gag Galician (Gallegan) iri Irish max Manx gua Guarani int Interlingua cam Khmer kus Kusaie mla Malagasy lan Occitan (post-1500) gal Oromo snh Sinhalese lap Sami languages (Other) sao Samoan sho Shona sso Sotho swz Swazi tar Tatar taj Tajik tag Tagalog tsw Tswana * Fields 100, 400, 600, 700, 790, 800, 1st indicator value '2' -- Heading fields, Multiple surname indicator value. * Field 551 -- Entity and Attribute Information Note. * Field 755 -- Added Entry-Physical Characteristics. * Field 76x-78x, subfield $7 -- Linking Entry Fields, Control Subfield. In subfield $7 (Control subfield) for all Linking Entry Fields (76x-78x), if position 1 is 'p' for personal name, value '2' for Multiple surname will no longer be valid in position 2. Note: In MARC 21, these positions are '/0' and '/1'. * Field 856, subfield $g -- Electronic Location and Access, Uniform Resource Name. Field 539, subfield $g (Fixed-Length Data Elements of Reproduction Note, Form)--additional code. Code 's' for electronic item will become available for input in field 539, subfield $g (Form). It became valid for input in the fixed field (008) and field 006 in April 2000. Subfield $g remains optional for input in field 539. Field 007, 007/01 or subfield $a = 'r' (Physical Description Fixed Field for Remote-sensing Image). The Validation Rules for cataloging will be changed to match the input standards. Currently, the Validation Rules require that values be input for all subfields, except subfield $c. After October 22nd, only subfields $a and $b will be required for input. Input of subfields $d-$j will be optional.