Appendix G - Format Changes
MARC 21 Bibliographic
November 2021
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. 33, November 2021
This page documents the changes contained in the thirty-third
update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for
Bibliographic Data. Update No. 33 (November 2021)
includes changes resulting from proposals that were
considered by the MARC 21 community since the publication of Update No. 32 (June 2021).
UPDATE 33 CHANGES
■ New content designators:
Subfields
$j Original capture and storage technique (R) in 344 (Sound Characteristics)
$l Binding (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)
$y Incorrect ISSN (R) in 490 (Series Statement)
$z Canceled ISSN (R) in 490 (Series Statement)
■ Changes in content designator
names and definitions:
Field
034Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data field definition and scope redescribed.
Character Position
007/13 (Sound Recording) - Capture and storage technique
renamed Original capture
and storage technique and redescribed.
Codes
a - Acoustical capture, direct storage
renamed Acoustical capture, analog direct storage
and redescribed in Sound Recording 007/13 (Original capture and storage technique)
b - Direct storage, not acoustical
renamed Electrical capture, analog direct storage
and redescribed in Sound Recording 007/13 (Original capture and storage technique)
d - Digital storage
renamed Electrical capture, digital storage and redescribed in
Sound Recording 007/13 (Original capture and storage technique)
e - Analog electrical storage
renamed Electrical capture, analog electrical storage
and redescribed in Sound Recording 007/13 (Original capture and storage technique)
u - Unknown
renamed Unknown capture and storage and redescribed in
Sound Recording 007/13 (Original capture and storage technique)