TECHNICAL NOTICE (September 15, 2016) 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. Access Restriction Term Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Access Restriction Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Additions: cc - Creative Commons rs - Rights Statements MARC Authentication Action Code List The following source code has been added to the MARC Authentication Action Code List list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Addition: ukblproject - British Library project Code ukblproject signifies that the British Library has entered metadata in accordance with a template or script which was machine transformed to MARC. Name headings and subject headings correspond to NACO and FAST respectively. Gender Code and Term Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Gender Code and Term Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Additions: homoit - Homosaurus : an International Thesaurus of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Index Terms (Worcester, Mass.: College of the Holy Cross) mesh - Medical subject headings (Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine) Note: This code was previously defined for use in Subject Heading and Term Source Codes and Subject Category Code Source Codes. Usage has been expanded to Standard Identifier Source Codes. Standard Identifier Source Codes The following source codes have been added to the Standard Identifier Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements. Additions: oxforddnb - Oxford Biography Index spotify - Spotify 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: pleiades - Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places 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 ----------------------------------------------- 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] ----------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
