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040 - Cataloging Source (NR)


MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic
April 2008

MARC code for or the name of the organization(s) that created the original bibliographic record, assigned MARC content designation and transcribed the record into machine-readable form, or modified (except for the addition of holdings symbols) an existing MARC record. These data and the code in 008/39 (Cataloging source) specify the parties responsible for the bibliographic record. See MARC 21 Code List for Organizations or an affliated list.

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Indicators
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Original cataloging agency (NR)
$b - Language of cataloging (NR)
MARC code for the language of cataloging in the record. Code from: MARC Code List for Languages.
$c - Transcribing agency (NR)
$d - Modifying agency (R)
$e - Description conventions (NR)
MARC code for or the title of the description rules used in creating the record when more information than is provided by the code in Leader/18 (Descriptive cataloging form) is needed. Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.
Examples
040 ##$aMt$cMt
040 ##$aDLC$cDLC
040 ##$aCaOTY$beng$cCaOTY
040 ##$aCaQQLA$bfre$cCaOONL
040 ##$aDLC$cCtY$dMH
040 ##$aDCE-C$cDNTIS$dWU-D$dMiAnI
040 ##$aCSt-H$cCSt-H$eappm
040 ##$aDNA$cCtY$dCtY$eNARS Staff Bulletin No. 16

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