Appendix G - Format Changes

MARC 21 Bibliographic

December 2024

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. 39, December 2024

This page documents the changes contained in the thirty-ninth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. Update No. 39 (December 2024) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community since the publication of Update No. 38 (June 2024).

Format changes in previous updates can be found on the MARC Format Overview page.

■ New content designators:

Subfields

$0 Authority record control number or standard number (R) in 506 (Restrictions on Access Note)

$0 Authority record control number or standard number (R) in 540 (Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note)

$1 Real World Object URI (R) in 506 (Restrictions on Access Note)

$1 Real World Object URI (R) in 540 (Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note)

■ Changes in content designator names and definitions:

Fields

$f Use and reproduction rights renamed Standardized terminology for use and reproduction rights in 540 (Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note)

■ Fast-track changes:

New subfields

$3 Materials specified (NR) in 508 (Creation/Production Credits Note)

$3 Materials specified (NR) in 511 (Participant or Performer Note)

UPDATE 39 LOCAL PRINT GUIDE

The following sections and fields were created/changed in Update No. 39 and should be printed to keep a print copy of the format up-to-date. Changes appear in red.