TECHNICAL NOTICE (February 15, 2002)

Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

• MARC Classification Source Codes
  Changes:
  bcmc - Coates, E.J. The British catalogue of music classification (subfield $2 in Bibliographic field 084) [use after 04-15-2002]
  bliss - Bliss bibliographic classification (subfield $2 in Bibliographic field 084) [use after 04-15-2002]
  ccpgq - Cadre de classement des publication gouvernementales (subfield $2 in Bibliographic field 086) [use after 04-15-2002]
  farl- Frick Art Reference Library book classification system (subfield $2 in Bibliographic field 084) [use after 04-15-2002]
  
• MARC Term, Name, Title Sources
  Changes:
  blcpss - "COMPASS" subject authority system (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information fields 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  kdm - Khung dê muc hê thông thông tin khoa hoc và ky thuât quôc gia (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information records 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  pmbok - A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide) (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information records 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  precis - PRECIS : a manual of concept analysis and subject indexing (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information fields 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  renib - Renib [base de datos de autoridad] (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information records 600-651 and subfield $f in Authority records 040) [use after 04-15-2002]
  swemesh - Svensk MeSH (Swedish MeSH) (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information fields 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  umitrist - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute structured thesaurus (subfield $2 in Bibliographic and Community Information fields 600-651) [use after 04-15-2002]
  

• Description Conventions
  Correction for field 040 code:
  mmlcc - Manual of map library classification and cataloguing (in subfield $e in bibliographic field 040, not subfield $2 in 084 as earlier announced)
  

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