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Appendix F - Format Changes


MARC 21 Authority
April 2012

This section is provided for the lists of format changes that accompany each update to the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data.


MARC 21 FORMAT FOR AUTHORITY DATA

FORMAT CHANGE LIST

Update No. 14, April 2012
This page documents the changes contained in the fourteenth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Authority Data. Update No. 14 (Update 2012) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January and June 2012.

New content designators:
Indicators
3821st indicator (Display constant controller):
# - No information provided
0 - Medium of performance
1 - Partial medium of performance
Subfields
$b Soloist (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$d Doubling instrument (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$p Alternative medium of performance (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$n Number of performers of the medium (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$s Total number of performers (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)
$v Note (R) in 382 (Medium of Peformance)

UPDATE 14 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE

The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 14 and should be printed to keep a print copy of the format up-to-date. Changes appear in red.

The following fields do not have technical changes but contain editorial modifications (in red):


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