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MARC Coding: Print Material (Monographs)

Fixed Fields

Rec_Type
a
Bib_lvl
m
TypeCrtl
[blank]
Enc_Lvl
[blank]
Desc
i=ISBD punctuation (formerly a=AACR2)
Entrd
090622
Dat_Tp
 
Date1
 
Date2
 
Ctry
 
Illus
 
Audience
 
Repr
 
Cont
||||
GovtPub
 
ConfPub
|
Festchr
|
Indx
|
Fiction
 
Biog
|
Lang
 
Mod_Rec
[blank]
Source
 
 
 

 

SIRSI tags
MARC coding
Values used at EPL
Rec_Type
(Type of record)
Leader, character position 06
a [Language material]
Bib_Lvl
(Bibliographic level)
Leader, character position 07
m [monograph]
TypeCtrl
(Type of control)
Leader, character position 08
[blank] [no specified type]
Enc_Lvl
(Encoding level)
Leader, character position 17
[blank] [full level]
Desc
(Descriptive Cataloguing form)
Leader, character position 18
a [AACR 2]
i  [ISBD punctuation included]
Entrd
008, character position 00-05
system generated
Dat_tp
(Type of date)
008, character position 06
s [single date]
m [range of dates for multipart item]
r [reprint]
t [publication date & copyright date
q [questionable - range of dates
given]
Date1
008, character position 07-10
as required
Date2
008, character position 11-14
as required
Ctry (place of publication)
008, character position 15-17
as required
Illus
008, character position 13-21
[blank] no illustrations
a [illustrations, other codes rarely required]
Audience
008, character position 22
e [adult]
j [juvenile]
d [teen]
Repr
(Form of item)
008, character position 23
[blank] [none of the following:]
a [microfilm]
b [microfiche]
d [large print]
f [Braille]
s [electronic]
Cont
(Nature of contents)
008, character position 24-27
|||| [4 fill characters; no attempt
to code]
GovtPub
(Government publication)
008, character position 28
[blank] [not gov't]
f [federal]
l [local, municipal]
s [provincial]
u [unknown]
z [other, multi-level]
ConfPub
(Conference publication)
008, character position 29
| [1 fill character, no attempt
to code]
Festschr
(Festschrift)
008, character position 30
| [1 fill character, no attempt
to code]
Indx
008, character position 31
| [1 fill character, no attempt
to code]
Fiction
008, character position 33
0 [not fiction]
1 [fiction]
Biog
008, character position 34
| [1 fill character, no attempt
to code]
Lang
008, character position 35-37
as required
Mod_Rec
(Modified record)
008, character position 38
[blank] [not modified]
Source
(Cataloguing source)
008, character position 39
[blank] [National bibliographic agency] [LC; LAC]
c [cooperative cataloguing agency]
d [other] [EPL]

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