TECHNICAL NOTICE (October 04, 2012) Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes Network Development and MARC Standards Office Library of Congress The source codes listed below have been recently approved. The codes will be added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code lists for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. The codes should not be used in exchange records until 60 days after the date of this notice to provide implementers time to include newly-defined codes in any validation tables. Description Convention Source Codes The following source code has been added to the Description Convention Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Addition: pn - Provider-Neutral E-Resource MARC Record Guidelines (Library of Congress, Program for Cooperative Cataloging) Name and Title Authority Source Codes The following source code has been added to the Name and Title Authority Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Addition: banqa - Fichier d'autorité local de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides information about existing and newly assigned source codes on its Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/). ----------------------------------------------- Network Development and MARC Standards Office 101 Independence Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20540-4402 U.S.A. TEL: +1-202-707-6237 FAX: +1-202-707-0115 NET: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------
