MARC Code List: PART VI: Description Conventions

• FIELD 040 (Cataloging Source)

Introduction

Description Conventions contains a list of codes assigned to sources of conventions (that is, rules, manuals, guidelines, policies, etc.) used in the description of bibliographic items. The codes in this list are used to identify the description conventions applied in a MARC record as a whole, or to specific MARC elements (e.g., particular fields). The codes assigned cover national and specialized description conventions, such as AACR2-based manuals for special forms of materials.

Arrangement of the List

Entries in the following list are arranged in alphabetical order by the code and consist of the code followed by the bibliographic citation for the work.

Code Structure

The code assigned to the work is derived from its title and consists of a maximum of eight lowercase characters.

The code may be followed by the edition or date of publication of the source work. The code is separated from the edition or date by a slash (/). Omission of the year or edition will imply that the assigning institution used the most recent edition of the source work available. For example:

appm/1983

Hensen, Steven L. Archives, personal papers, and manuscripts.

MARC 21 Formats and Fields in Which Codes Are Used

• Bibliographic & Authority records
  • 040 $e (Cataloging Source / Description conventions)

Code Lists

FIELD 040 (Cataloging Source)

aacr

Anglo-American cataloguing rules (Chicago: American Library Association)

amim

Archival moving image materials (Washington: Library of Congress)

amremm

Pass, Gregory A. Descriptive cataloging of ancient, medieval, renaissance, and early-modern manuscripts (Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries)

appm

Hensen, Steven L. Archives, personal papers, and manuscripts (Washington: Library of Congress)

bdrb

Descriptive cataloging of rare books (Washington: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service)

bps

McCrum, Blanche Prichard. Bibliographical procedures and style (Washington: Library of Congress, General Reference and Bibliography Division)

cco

Cataloging cultural objects : a guide to describing cultural works and their images (Chicago: Visual Resources Association, American Library Association)

crlp

Hallam, Adele. Cataloging rules for the description of looseleaf publications: with special emphasis on legal materials (Washington: Library of Congress)

dacs

Describing archives: a content standard (Chicago: Society of American Archivists)

dcrb

Descriptive cataloging of rare books (Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)

dcrmb

Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (Books). (Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)

dcrmsb

Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (Serials). (Washington, DC: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress)

din1505

Titelangaben von Dokumenten (Berlin: Beuth) [use only after May 28, 2008]

dmbsb

Dokumentation av materialets behandling i SB 1700-1829 (Stockholm: Kungl. Biblioteket)

enol

Ekspertiza i nauchno-tekhnicheskaia obrabotka lichnykh arkhivnykh fondov: metodicheskiie rekomendatsii (Moskva: Gosudarstvennaia biblioteka SSSR im. V. I. Lenin)

estc

Eighteenth century short title catalogue, the cataloguing rules (London: The British Library)

fobidrtb

Federatie van Organisaties op het Gebied van het Bibliotheek-Informatie-en Dokumentatiewezen (FOBID) Regels voor de titelbeschrijving (Den Haag: Nederlands Bibliotheek en Lektuur Centrum)

gihc

Betz, Elisabeth W. Graphic materials (Washington: Library of Congress)

hmstcn

Handleiding voor de medewerkers aan de STCN (Short title catalog of the Netherlands) ('s Gravenhage: Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

krsb

Katalogiseringsregler for svenska bibliotek (Lund: Bibliotekstjanst)

mmlcc

Manual of map library classification and cataloguing (London: Ministry of Defence)

ncafnor

Normes de catalogage publiées par l'Association française de normalisation (Paris: AFNOR)

ncr

Nihon mokuroku kisoku = [Nippon cataloging rules] (Tokyo: Nihon Toshokan Kyôkai)

ncs

Norme per il catalogo degli stampati (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca apostolica vaticana)

ohcm

Matters, Marion E. Oral history cataloging manual (Chicago: Society of American Archivists)

pi

Instruktionen für die alphabetischen Kataloge der preussischen Bibliotheken (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz [use only after February 18, 2008]

ppiak

Verona, Eva. Pravilnik i prirucnik za izradbu abecednih kataloga (Zagreb: Hrvatsko bibliotekarsko drustvo)

psbo

Pravila sostavleníìa bibliograficheskogo opisaníìa (Moskva: "Kniga")

rad

Rules for archival description (Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists)

rak

Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung (Wiesbaden: Reichert)

rakddb

Ansetzungsform gemaess der RAK - Anwendung Der Deutschen Bibliothek [use only after May 28, 2008]

rakwb

Regeln für die alphabetische Katalogisierung an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken. (Berlin: Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut)

-rcaa2

Règles de catalogage anglo-américaines. 2e édition. (Montréal: ASTED) [Prior to the implementation of a technique for identifying editions and translations of description convention sources, this code was used for the French edition of AACR2]

rdc

Reglas de catalogación (Madrid: Dirección General del Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas)

rna

Regeln zur Erschließung von Nachlässen und Autographen (RNA) [use only after February 18, 2008]

rpk

Rossiiskiie pravila katalogizatsii (Moskva: Rossiiskaíà Gosudarstvennaíà Biblioteka)

vd16

Formalerschliessung nach dem Verzeichnis der Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16) [use only after May 28, 2008]

vd17

Formalerschliessung nach dem Verzeichnis der Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17) [use only after May 28, 2008]

-yuppiak

USE ppiak

Go to: MARC Home Page | Library of Congress Home Page

Library of Congress