MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, and Descriptive Conventions

Changes and additions made since the 1997 edition

Network Development and MARC Standards Office

The following lists give the changes and additions made since the publication of the 1997 edition.

• MARC Relator Codes
  Changes:
  cre - Creator [use after 04-29-2000]
  csl - Consultant [use after 12-01-1998]
  cpc - Copyright claimant [use after 12-01-1998]
  drm - Draftsman [use after 12-01-1998]
  fac - Facsimilist [use after 03-26-2000]
  lsa - Landscape architect [use after 12-01-1998]
  pat - Patron [use after 12-01-1998]
  ren - Renderer [use after 12-01-1998]
  
  
• MARC Category Source Codes
  Changes:
  idas - ID-Archivschlüssel (field 072) [use after 03-06-1999]
  mmm - "Subject key" in Marxism and the mass media (field 072) [use after 04-23-1999]
  nasasscg - NASA scope and subject category guide (field 072) [use after 09-12-2000]
  
  
• MARC Classification Source Codes
  Changes:
  clutscny - Classification of the Library of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York (field 084) [use after 07-02-1998]
  cstud - Classificatieschema's Bibliotheek TU Delft (field 084) [use after 06-01-1998]
  ddc - Dewey decimal classification and relative index (field 052) [use after 07-30-2000]
  ddc - Dewey decimal classification and relative index (field 084) [use after 03-06-1999]
  fcps - Class FC: a classification for Canadian history and Class PS8000: a classification for Canadian literature (field 084) [use after 03-26-2000]
  inspec - INSPEC classification (field 084) [use after 09-12-2000]
  lcc - Library of Congress classification (field 084) [use after 03-06-1999]
  kssb - Klassifikationssystem for svenska bibliotek (field 084) [use after 11-05-1998]
  naics - North American industry classification system (fields 084 & 086) [use after 09-22-1999]
  nasasscg - NASA scope and subject category guide (field 084) [use after 09-12-2000]
  njb - Nihon jisshin bunruihô = Nippon decimal classification (field 084) [use after 09-6-1997]
  usgslcs - U.S. Geological Survey Library classification (field 084) [use after 09-12-2000]
  wadocs - Washington State government document classification scheme (field 086) [use after 03-06-1999]
  
  
• MARC Subject/Index Term Source Codes
  Changes:
  abne - Autoridades de la Biblioteca Nacional de España (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 04-20-1998]
  apaist - APAIS thesaurus (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 12-03-1998]
  bt - Bioethics thesaurus (fields 600-651 & 655) [use after 09-22-1999]
  dct - Dublin Core list of resource types (field 655) [use after 02-10-2000]
  ericd - Thesaurus of ERIC descriptors (field 655) [use after 07-30-2000]
  fast - Faceted application of subject terminology (fields 600-651, 654 & 655) [use after 02-10-2000]
  gem - GEM [Gateway to Educational Materials] controlled vocabularies (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 07-30-2000]
  hlasstg - HLAS subject term glossary (fields 600-651) [use after 05-11-2000]
  idas - ID-Archivschlüssel (fields 600-651) [use after 03-06-1999]
  kssbar - Klassifikationssystem for svenska bibliotek. Ämnesordsregister. Alfabetisk del (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 11-05-1998]
  kupu - He puna kupu / Maori Wordnet (fields 600-651) [use after 12-10-1998]
  lcshac - Library of Congress subject headings: Annotated Card Program, AC subject headings (fields 600-651, 655-657) [use after 09-22-1999]
  local - Locally assigned term (fields 650-651) [use after 02-10-2000]
  migfg - Moving image genre-form guide (field 655) [use after 09-20-1997]
  mmm - "Subject key" in Marxism and the mass media (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 04-23-1999]
  ngl - Newspaper genre list (field 655) [use after 07-30-2000]
  qrma - Qâ'imat ru'ûs al-mawdû'ât al-'Arabîyah. al-Tab'ah 4 (fields 600-651) [use after 02-10-2000]
  radfg - Radio form/genre terms guide (field 655) [use after 12-10-1998]
  rasuqam - Répertoire des autorités-sujet de l'UQAM (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 07-02-1998]
  sao - Svenska ämnesord (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 07-30-2000]
  swd - Schlagwortnormdatei (fields 600-651) [use after 11-05-1998]
  teks - Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) (field 658) [use after 05-01-1998]
  tgn - Getty thesaurus of geographic names (fields 600-651 & 654) [use after 02-10-2000]
  trt - Transportation resource thesaurus (fields 600-651, 655) [use after 07-18-1997]
  usaidt - USAID thesaurus (fields 600-651 [bib] and 040 [auth]) [use after 03-26-2000]
  
  
• MARC Format Source Codes
  Changes:
  swemarca - SweMARC - auktoritetsformatet (field 886) [use after 07-30-2000]
  swemarck - SweMARC - klassifikationsformatet (field 886) [use after 07-30-2000]
  swemarcs - SweMARC - beståndsformatet (field 886) [use after 07-30-2000]
  
  
• MARC Descriptive Conventions Codes
  Changes:
  dmbsb - Dokumentation av materialets behandling i SB 1700-1829 (field 040) [use after 11-15-1997]
  dnlm - National Library of Medicine Locatorplus (field 210) [use after 07-30-2000]
  estc - Eighteenth century short title catalogue: the cataloguing rules (field 040) [use after 07-30-2000]
  hlasja - HLAS journal abbreviations (field 210) [use after 08-30-2000]
  krsb - Katalogiseringsregler for svenska bibliotek (field 040) [use after 11-05-1998]
  fobidrtb - Regels voor de titelbeschrijving (field 040) [use after 06-01-1998]
  rdc - Reglas de catalogación (field 040) [use after 04-20-1998]
  hmstcn - Handleiding voor de medewerkers aan de STCN [Short title catalog of the Netherlands] (field 040) [use after 08-02-1998]
  

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