TECHNICAL NOTICE (June 6, 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 applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code list 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: taw - The Times atlas of the world (New York: Times Books) usdp - The United States dictionary of places (New York: Somerset Publishers) 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: dcrmc - Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (Cartographic) (Chicago: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries) Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Genre/Form Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Additions: alett - An alphabetical list of English text types (Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter) [pages 23-88 in: Text types and the history of English] thema - Thema (Editeur.org) Subject Category Code Source Codes The following source code has been added to the Subject Category Code Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Addition: thema - Thema (Editeur.org) Subject Heading and Term Source Codes The following source code has been added to the Subject Heading and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Addition: thema - Thema (Editeur.org) 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] -----------------------------------------------
