Technical Notice April 22, 2010 - Additions to the Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes list and the MARC Relator Code and Term List (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

The source codes listed below have been recently approved. The codes will be added to applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code list for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements.

The codes should not be used in exchange records until 60 days after the date of this notice to provide implementers time to include newly-defined codes in any validation tables.

Cartographic Data Source Codes

The following source codes have been added to the Cartographic Data Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Additions:
- csa - Trion. Will. Cambridge Star atlas (Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press)
- gpn - Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Content Advice Classification Source Codes

The following source codes have been added to the Content Advice Classification Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Addition:
- bbfc - British Board of Film Classification
- mpaa - Motion Picture Association of America Film Ratings

Gender Code and Term Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Gender Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Additions:
- iso 5218 - Codes for the Representation of Human Sexes (ISO/IEC 5218:2004). (Geneva: International Organization for Standardization)

Musical Composition Form Code Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Musical Composition Form Code Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Addition:
- marcmuscomp - MARC Form of Musical Composition Code List

Musical Instrumentation and Voice Code Source Codes

The following source code has been added to the Musical Instrumentation and Voice Code Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Addition:
- marcmusperf - MARC Instruments and Voices Code List

Subject Heading and Term Source Codes

The following source codes have been added to the Subject Heading and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Additions:
- eum - Eesti üldine marksonastik
- hrvmesh - Croatian MeSH / Hrvatski MeSH (Zagreb: Medicinski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu - Središnja medicinska knjižnica)
- idsbb - Thesaurus IDS Basel Bern (Basel: Universitätsbibliothek; Bern: Universitätsbibliothek)
- idszbz - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Zürich: Zentralbibliothek)
- idszbzes - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Bibliothek Englisches Seminar der Universität Zürich (Zürich: Universität Zürich)
- idszbzna - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Nordamerika-Bibliothek (Zürich: Zentralbibliothek)
- idszbzzg - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Graphische Sammlung (Zürich: Zentralbibliothek)
- idszbzzh - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Handschriftenabteilung (Zürich: Zentralbibliothek)
- idszbzzk - Thesaurus IDS Nebis Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Kartensammlung (Zürich: Zentralbibliothek)
- nskps - Priručnik za izradu predmetnog kataloga u Nacionalnoj i sveučilišnoj knjižnici u Zagrebu (Manual for NSK subject headings) (Zagrebu: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica)
- pmont - Powerhouse Museum Object Name Thesaurus
- sbt - Soggettario Sistema Bibliotecario Ticinese (Cantone Ticino, Svizzera: Sistema Bibliotecario Ticinese)

The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides information about existing and newly assigned source codes on its Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/).

TECHNICAL NOTICE (April 28, 2010)

Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes

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