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Subject:        OCLC Technical Bulletin 261 "OCLC-MARC Format Update 2012"
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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2012 16:05:42 -0400
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OCLC-MARC Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats Update 2012

OCLC plans to implement the changes related to the OCLC-MARC
Bibliographic, Authority, and Holdings Formats Update 2012 in May 2012.
This includes MARC 21 Updates No. 13 (dated September 2011) and No. 14
(dated April 2012), code list additions and changes published chiefly
since August 2011, and other suggestions from WorldCat users and OCLC
staff. Many of these elements, including those from MARC 21 Updates No.
13 and 14, are related to Resource Description and Access (RDA). Among
the points of interest:

·Implementation of new subfield $0 (Authority Record Control Number or
Standard Number) in fields 034 “Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data”
and 043 (Geographic Area Code) in the Bibliographic and Authority Formats.

·Implementation of new subfields $k (Language Code of Intermediate
Translations), $m (Language Code of Original Accompanying Materials
Other Than Librettos), and $n (Language Code of Original Libretto) in
field 041 (Language Code) in the Bibliographic format.

·Implementation of new First Indicator “7” (Other Edition Specified in
Subfield $2) in fields 082 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number) and 083
(Additional Dewey Decimal Classification Number) in the Bibliographic
and Authority Formats.

·Implementation of new subfield $q (Assigning Agency) in field 084
(Other Classification Number) in the Bibliographic format.

·Implementation of new fields 264 (Production, Publication,
Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice), 344 (Sound
Characteristics), 345 (Projection Characteristics of Moving Image), 346
(Video Characteristics), 347 (Digital File Characteristics), and 377
(Associated Language) in the Bibliographic format.

·Implementation of new subfields $j (Generation), $k (Layout), $m (Book
Format), $n (Font Size), $o (Polarity), $0 (Authority Record Control
Number or Standard Number), and $2 (Source) in field 340 (Physical
Medium) in the Bibliographic format.

·Implementation of new fields 368 (Other Corporate Body Attributes) and
378 (Fuller Form of Personal Name) in the Authority format.

·Implementation of new subfield $l (Language term) in field 377
(Associated Language) in the Authority format.

·Implementation of new indicators and new subfields $b (Soloist), $d
(Doubling Instrument), $n (Number of Performers of the Same Medium), $p
(Alternative Medium of Performance), $s (Total Number of Performers),
and $v (Note) in field 382 (Medium of Performance) in the Bibliographic
and Authority formats.

·Implementation of new subfields $d (Thematic Index Code), $e (Publisher
Associated with Serial or Opus Number), and $2 (Source Code) in field
383 (Numeric Designation of Musical Work) in the Bibliographic and
Authority formats.

OCLC Technical Bulletin 261, available at
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/worldcat/tb/261/default.htm,
contains more information.

Please excuse any duplication.

Jay Weitz

Senior Consulting Database Specialist

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

MC 139

6565 Kilgour Place

Dublin, Ohio, USA 43017-3395

Phone: +1-614-764-6156

Fax: +1-614-718-7195

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