PROPOSAL NO. 96-8 RR

DATE: May 24 1996
REVISED: August 2, 1996, December 15, 1996, February 28, 1996

NAME: Changes for USMARC for Format Alignment with CAN/MARC

SOURCE: National Library of Canada, Library of Congress

SUMMARY: This proposal presents the changes that the CAN/MARC users have suggested be made to USMARC to facilitate the alignment of the USMARC and CAN/MARC formats.

RELATED: DP 93 (February 1996); DP 90 (June 1995)

KEYWORDS: CAN/MARC

STATUS/COMMENTS:

5/24/96 - Forwarded to USMARC Advisory Group for introduction at the July 1996 MARBI meeting.

7/6-8/96 - Result of USMARC Advisory Group discussion - Indicated below under each subproposal.

8/6/96 - Result of LC review - Agreed with MARBI decision on those proposals that were approved.

12/15/96 - Revised proposal forwarded to USMARC Advisory Group for consideration at February 1997 MARBI meeting. the package included:

- The 10 proposals approved or withdrawn at the July 1996 have revision date of August 2, 1996. The decisions on these proposals are contained in section 3. or 4. of each.
- The 7 proposals that were discussed but not approved in July 1996 have annotations per the discussion
- Of the 5 proposals that were presented in July 1996 but not discussed, one was withdrawn.
- 7 proposals for archival items that were in an appendix in July 1996 have been completed and are included in the normal sequence of sub-proposals (by field number, Bibliographic before Authority). They can be identified by their date of December 15, 1996, in the heading.

2/15/97 - Result of USMARC Advisory Group discussion - All proposals were approved that had not previously been approved or withdrawn. In some cases the proposal was revised and approved. All of the 29 proposals originally presented have been reincorporated in this update of the proposal, for the record. The decisions on the proposals are contained in section 3. or 4. of each. In some cases comments from the July 1996 and February 1997 meetings were added to the sub-proposals. The following is a list of the sub-proposals with an indication of the formats affected and the final decisions. Refer to the individual sub-proposals for details of changes approved.

• 96-8RR: Part 1: General Information

96-8/LDR-17 (BD,CI): Define encoding level for Abbreviated record [Option 1 approved.]
96-8/007-01 (Globe) (BD,HD): Adding Values to Specific Material Designation for Globes [Approved.]
96-8/007-02 (All) (BD,HD): Change Field 007/02 [Option 2 approved.]

• 96-8RR: Part 2: 008

96-8/008-39 (All) (BD,AD): Change and add Cataloging source values [Option 3 approved.]
96-8/008-24-27 (Books) (BD): Add two Nature of contents codes [Approved.]
96-8/008-33 (Books) (BD): Add values and reorient Fiction position [Approved with amendments.]
96-8/008-18-21 (Maps) (BD): Augment Maps 008/18-21 (Relief) [Approved.]
96-8/008-22-23 (Maps) (BD): Augment Maps 008 Projection Codes [Option 1 approved.]
96-8/008-24-25 (Maps) (BD): Augment Prime Meridians in Maps 008 [Approved.]
96-8/008-18-19 (Music) (BD): Augment Form of composition codes [Option 1 approved.]
96-8/008-23-27 (Visual Materials) (BD): Reorient Accompanying matter position [Option 3 approved.]

• 96-8RR: Part 3: 009, 0XX

96-8/009 (BD,HD): Add data from CAN/MARC field 009 for Cartographic Fixed [Approved.]
96-8/016 (BD,HD,AD,CD,CI): Add field 016 for NLC Control Number [Option 1 approved with amendments.]
96-8/028-Ind 2 (BD): Change second indicator in field 028 [Withdrawn.]
96-8/082-Ind 2 (BD,AD,CI): Add value for NLC to indicator [Amended and approved.]
96-8/085 (BD): Add new field for Document Shelving Number [Option 2 approved.]

• 96-8RR:Part 4: 5XX, 9XX

96-8/520 (BD): New indicator value for field 520 (Summary, Etc. Note) [Approved with amendment.]
96-8/542 (BD): New field 542 for location of related archival materials [Amended and approved. Field 544 indicator approved instead of new field 542.]
96-8/545 (BD): New indicator for field 545 (Biographical or Historical Note) [Approved.]
96-8/561 (BD): Changes to field 561 (Provenance) [Approved with amendments.]
96-8/9XX (BD): Add fields in the 9XX range [Option 1 approved.]

• 96-8RR: Part 5: Authorities

96-8/008-08 (AD): Define Bilingual usage position [Option 2 approved.]
96-8/008-11 (AD): Define new Subject heading system codes [Approved.]
96-8/040 (AD): Add subfield for rules to field 040 [Approved.]
96-8/055 (AD): Define field for NLC series call number [Approved.]
96-8/$w/0-o (AD): Add Control subfield code for Variant name [Withdrawn.]
96-8/$w/0-t (AD): Add Control subfield code for Immediate parent [Approved.]
96-8/5XX, 7XX (AD): Define Subfield for Record control number [Approved with amendment.]
96-8/678 (AD): New indicator and subfield for field 678 (Epitome) [Approved.]

2/28/97 - Result of final LC review - Agreed with MARBI decision except for 96-8/008-08 (A). MARBI had approved Option 2, but questions raised indicated that definition of a new field may not be necessary. The effective approved change is therefore Option 1, with the request to have a subsequent proposal on extendibility to other languages. See additional information in individual subproposal.

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