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Appendix G - Format Changes


MARC 21 Bibliographic
September 2011

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


MARC 21 FORMAT FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA

FORMAT CHANGE LIST

Update No. 13, September 2011
This page documents the changes contained in the thirteenth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. Update No. 13 (September 2011) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January and June 2011.

New content designators:
Indicators
0821st indicator (Type of edition):
7 - Other edition specified in subfield $2
0831st indicator (Type of edition):
7 - Other edition specified in subfield $2
Subfields
$d Thematic index code (NR) in 383 (Numeric Designation of Musical Work)
$e Publisher associated with opus number (NR) in 383 (Numeric Designation
          of Musical Work)
$j Generation (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$k Language code of intermediate translations (R) in 041 (Language Code)
$k Layout (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$m Book format (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$m Language code of original accompanying materials other than librettos (R) in
          041 (Language Code)
$n Font size (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$n Language code of original libretto (R) in 041 (Language Code)
$o Polarity (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$q Assigning agency (NR) in 084 (Other Classification Number)
$0 Authority record control number or standard number (R) in 034 (Coded
          Cartographic Mathematical Data)
$0 Authority record control number or standard number (R) in 043 (Geographic
          Area Code)
$0 Authority record control number or standard number (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$2 Source (NR) in 383 (Numeric Designation of Musical Work)
$2 Source (NR) in 340 (Physical Medium)
Fields
264 Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R)
344 Sound Characteristics (R)
345 Projection Characteristics of Moving Image (R)
346 Video Characteristics (R)
347 Digital File Characteristics (R)
377 Associated Language (R)
Changes in content designator names:
Subfields
$hLanguage code of original and/or intermediate translations of text
         changed to Language code of original
in 041 (Language Code)

UPDATE 13 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE

The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 13 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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