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Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 08:51:29 -0500
From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: Announcement for Nunavut
Sender: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
 
 
 
For all you map catalogers in particular, and map librarians too! Nunavut is
officially a province of Canada!
 
Paige
 
p.s. hmm, after all the bombing stops in Kosovo wonder what further changes
we'll need to make in the coming months...
 
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>
>MARC: News and Announcements (March 24, 1999)
>
>                         TECHNICAL NOTICE
> ADDITION TO THE MARC COUNTRY AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE LISTS FOR
>NUNAVUT
>
>          Network Development and MARC Standards Office
>
>
>     As a result of the establishment of the new Canadian territory of
>Nunavut on April 1, 1999, new country and geographic area codes are being
>defined for use in MARC records.  Nunavut will be formed from land that
>has been part of the Northwest Territories.  The area constituting the
>remainder of the present Northwest Territories will continue to use the
>same name until such time as residents vote on a new constitution, which
>would then require Canadian federal legislative approval.  Consequently
>the codes for the Northwest Territories will remain the same (ntc for
>country code; n-cn-nt for geographic area code).
>
>The new codes for Nunavut are:
>                    nuc       (Country code)
>                    n-cn-nu   (Geographic area code)
>
>Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes
>in all distribution services not earlier than June 20, 1999.  Questions
>regarding the country and geographic area codes should be directed to:
>
>               Cataloging Policy and Support Office
>                       Library of Congress
>                    Washington, DC  20540-4305
>                          (202) 707-4380
>                      INTERNET: [log in to unmask]
>
>                          March 24, 1999
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