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Title:
MARC 21 Concise Formats: 2011 Edition
Author:
Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress
Publication Date:
2012
Format:
Print, looseleaf
Description:
Still available while supplies last.
This was the last printed, looseleaf edition.
Concise Formats is available free online at http://www.loc.gov/marc/marcdocz.html


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Consult the "format changes" appendix for each online format document for guidance on the fields and other areas of the format that have changes.
Table of Contents:
Brings together in one volume all content designators defined for the MARC bibliographic, authority, and holdings formats only. A concise description of each field, character position of the fixed-length data element fields, and defined indicators and subfield codes in the variable data fields that may occur in a bibliographic, authority, or holdings record.
Pagination:
1v. Packaged with binder and tabbed dividers.
Weight:
4 pounds
ISBN:
0-8444-1152-3
Price:
$40 Contiguous U.S.
$50 Outside Contiguous U.S.
Related links:
Available on the Web

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