Appendix G - Format Changes

MARC 21 Bibliographic

July 2022

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. 34, July 2022

This page documents the changes contained in the thirty-fourth update to the 1999 edition of the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. Update No. 34 (July 2022) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community since the publication of Update No. 33 (November 2021).

Format changes in previous updates can be found on the MARC Format Overview page.

■ New content designators:

Fields

387Representative Expression Characteristics (R)

788Parallel Description in Another Language of Cataloging (R)

Indicator values

2Medium of performance of musical content of representative expression in
382 (Medium of Performance) 1st indicator: Display constant controller

2Key of representative expression in 384 (Key) 1st indicator: Key type

3Partial medium of performance of musical content of representative expression in
382 (Medium of Performance) 1st indicator: Display constant controller

Subfields

$eData provenance (R) in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

$lData provenance (R) in the following fields:
         760 (Main Series Entry),
         762 (Subseries Entry),
         765 (Original Language Entry),
         767 (Translation Entry),
         770 (Supplement/Special Issue Entry),
         772 (Supplement Parent Entry),
         773 (Host Item Entry),
         774 (Constituent Unit Entry),
         775 (Other Edition Entry),
         776 (Additional Physical Form Entry),
         777 (Issued With Entry),
         780 (Preceding Entry),
         785 (Succeeding Entry),
         786 (Data Source Entry),
         787 (Other Relationship Entry),
         788 (Parallel Description in Another Language of Cataloging).

$lStandardized information governing access (R) in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

$nTerms governing access (R) in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

$qReduction ratio designator (R) in 340 (Physical Medium)

$rStandardized information governing use and reproduction (R) in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

$tTerms governing use and reproduction (R) in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

$yData provenance (R) in the following fields:
         533 (Reproduction Note),
         800 (Series Added Entry-Personal Name),
         810 (Series Added Entry-Corporate Name),
         811 (Series Added Entry-Meeting Name),
         830 (Series Added Entry-Uniform Title).

$7Data provenance (R) in the following fields:
         041 (Language Code),
         082 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number),
         083 (Additional Dewey Decimal Classification Number),
         084 (Other Classification Number),
         100 (Main Entry-Personal Name),
         110 (Main Entry-Corporate Name),
         111 (Main Entry-Meeting Name),
         130 (Main Entry-Uniform Title),
         210 (Abbreviated Title),
         240 (Uniform Title),
         245 (Title Statement),
         246 (Varying Form of Title),
         247 (Former Title),
         250 (Edition Statement),
         255 (Cartographic Mathematical Data),
         256 (Computer File Characteristics),
         264 (Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice),
         300 (Physical Description),
         335 (Extension Plan),
         336 (Content Type),
         348 (Notated Music Characteristics)
         370 (Associated Place)
         377 (Associated Language)
         380 (Form of Work)
         381 (Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression)
         382 (Medium of Performance)
         383 (Numeric Designation of Musical Work)
         384 (Key)
         385 (Audience Characteristics)
         386 (Creator/Contributor Characteristics)
         387 (Representative Expression Characteristics)
         388 (Time Period of Creation)
         490 (Series Statement)
         500 (General Note),
         501 (With Note),
         502 (Dissertation Note),
         505 (Formatted Contents Note),
         508 (Creation/Production Credits Note),
         510 (Citation/References Note),
         515 (Numbering Peculiarities Note),
         518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note),
         520 (Summary, etc.),
         546 (Language Note),
         550 (Issuing Body Note),
         555 (Cumulative Index/Finding Aids Note),
         583 (Action Note),
         600 (Subject Added Entry-Personal Name),
         610 (Subject Added Entry-Corporate Name),
         611 (Subject Added Entry-Meeting Name),
         630 (Subject Added Entry-Uniform Title),
         648 (Subject Added Entry-Chronological Term),
         650 (Subject Added Entry-Topical Term),
         651 (Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name),
         653 (Index Term-Uncontrolled),
         655 (Index Term-Genre/Form),
         700 (Added Entry-Personal Name),
         710 (Added Entry-Corporate Name),
         711 (Added Entry-Meeting Name),
         751 (Added Entry-Geographic Name).

Appendix

JData Provenance Subfields

■ Changes in content designator names and definitions:

Fields

340Physical Medium field definition and scope redescribed

507Scale Note for Graphic Material renamed Scale Note for Visual Materials and field defintion and scope redescribed

Subfields

$f Production rate/ratio renamed Reduction ratio value and redefined in 340 (Physical Medium)

■ Fast-track changes:

New Subfield

$5 Institution to which field applies (NR) in 788 (Parallel Description in Another Language of Cataloging)

Appendix G - Format Changes

MARC 21 FORMAT FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA

FORMAT CHANGE LIST

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