TECHNICAL NOTICE (January 30, 2014) 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. Cartographic Data Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Cartographic Data Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Additions: geogndb - Geographic Names Database (GeoNameBase.com) ghpn - Ghana Place Names (Ghana Place Names Project) glogaz - Global Gazetteer (Falling Rain Genomics) inmun - Index Mundi (IndexMundi) ntpnr - NT Place Names Register (Place Names Committee for the Northern Territory) qpns - Queensland Place Names Search (Queensland Government) Description Conventions Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Description Convention Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. cgcrb - Cataloging Guidelines for Creating Chinese Rare Book Records in Machine-Readable form (Research Library Group) dcrmm - DCRM(M): Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (Music). (Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries) The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/) as well as notices such as these to subscribers to its MARC listserv ([email protected]). ----------------------------------------------- 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] -----------------------------------------------
