MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions

Recent Changes (Updated, April 22, 2002)


The following lists give the changes and additions made since the publication of the 2000 edition.

Table of Contents

    PART I: Relator Codes
    PART II: Category Codes
    PART III: Classification Source Codes
    PART IV: Term, Name, Title Source Codes
    PART V: Format Source Codes
    PART VI: Descriptive Convention Codes
    PART VII: Other Source Codes


PART I: RELATOR CODES

New Code Title
aud Author of dialog - Use for a person or corporate body responsible for the dialog or spoken commentary for a screenplay or sound recording.
csp Consultant to a project - Use for a person or corporate body engaged specifically to provide an intellectual overview of a strategic or operational task and by analysis, specification, or instruction, to create or propose a cost-effective course of action or solution.
ctb contributor - Use for one whose work has been contributed to a larger work, such as an anthology, serial publication, or other compilation of individual works. Do not use for someone whose sole function in relation to a work is as author, editor, compiler, or translator.
cwt Commentator for written text - Use for a person or corporate body responsible for the commentary or explanatory notes about a text. For the writer of manuscript annotations in a printed book, use Annotator [ann].
dgg Degree grantor - Use for the corporate body granting a degree for which the thesis or dissertation described was presented.
dpc Depicted - Use for the person or group depicted or portrayed in a work, paricularly in a work of art.
opn Opponent - Use for the person or corporate body responsible for opposing a thesis or dissertation.
orm Organizer of meeting - Use for the person or corporate body responsible for organizing a meeting for which an item is the report or proceedings.
own owner - User for the person of organization that currently owns an item or collection
pta Patent applicant - Use for the person or corporate body that applied for a patent.
res Researcher - Use for the person or corporate body responsible for performing research.
rpt Reporter - Use for the person reporting news in the mass media, often with objective commentary and accompanying audio or video acompaniment.
rth Research team head - Use for the person or corporate body that directed or managed a research project.
rtm Research team member - Use for the person or corporate body that participated in a research project but whose role did not involve direction or management of it.
stl Storyteller - Use for the person relaying a story with creative and/or theatrical interpretation.
stn Standards body - Use for a corporate body or agency responsible for the development or enforcement of a standard.
wdc woodcutter - Use for a person who makes prints by cutting the image in relief on the plank side of a wood block.
wit witness - Use for a person who verifies the truthfulness of an event or action.

PART II: CATEGORY CODE SOURCES
New Code Title
bicssc BIC standard subject categories
kdm Khung dê muc hê thông thông tin khoa hoc và ky thuât quôc gia
nimacsc NIMA cartographic subject categories
nsnr Nomenklatura spetsial'nostei nauchnykh rabotnikov
rero RERO: code sujets

PART III: CLASSIFICATION SOURCES

New Code Title
bcmc Coates, E.J. The British catalogue of music classification
bliss Bliss bibliographic classification
blsrissc British Library - Science reference information service subject classification
ccpgq Cadre de classement des publication gouvernementales
clc Zhongguo tu shu guan fen lei fa
farl Frick Art Reference Library book classification system
gadocs Official publications of the State of Georgia: list of classes with index by name of agency and subkect/keyword
kktb Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan bunruihyo
mmlcc Manual of map library classification and cataloguing
msc Mathematical subject classification
rubbkd Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà detskikh bibliotek v 1 t.
rubbkk Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà kraevedcheskikh katalogov bibliotek
rubbkm Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà massovykh bibliotek v 1 t.
rubbkmv Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà massovykh voennykh bibliotek
rubbkn Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà nauchnykh bibliotek v 4-kh tomakh
rubbknp Pereizdaniíà tablits bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà nauchnykh bibliotek v 30-ti tomakh
rubbko Tablitsy bibliotechno-bibliograficheskoi klassifikatsii dlíà oblastvykh bibliotek v 4-kh tomakh
udc Universal decimal classification
vsiso Vlaamse SISO [Schema voor de Indeling van de Systematische Catalogus in Openbare Bibliotheken]

PART IV: TERM, NAME, TITLE SOURCES

New Code Title
agrifors AGRIFOREST-sanasto
allars Allärs : allmän tesaurus på svenska
amg Audiovisual material glossary
atla Religion indexes : thesaurus
bella Bella : specialtesaurus för skönlitteratur
bet British education thesaurus
bicssc BIC standard subject categories
blcpss "COMPASS" subject authority system
blmlsh British Library - Map library subject headings
ccte Carto-Canadiana thesaurus, English
cctf Carto-Canadiana thésaurus, français
cilla Cilla : specialtesaurus för musik
drama Drama : specialtesaurus för teater och dans
eks Eduskunnan kirjaston asiasanasto
fbg Films by genre
gtlm Genre terms for law materials
gtt GOO-trefwoordenthesaurus (GTT)
helecon Asiasanasto HELECON-tietokantoihin
iaat IAA Thesaurus : Terminologie der Arbeit, Beschäftigung und Ausbildung.
kaa Kasvatusalan asiasanasto
kaunokki Kaunokki : kaunokirjallisuuden asiasanasto
kdm Khung dê muc hê thông thông tin khoa hoc và ky thuât quôc gia
kta Kielitieteen asiasanasto
ktpt Kirjasto- ja tietopalvelualan tesaurus
ktta Käsi- ja taideteollisuuden asiasanasto
lemb Lista de encabezamientos de materia para bibliotecas
liv Legislative indexing vocabulary
lnmmbr Lietuvos nacionaline Martyno Mazvydo bibliotekos rubrikynas
lua Liikunnan ja urheilun asiasanasto
masa Museoalan asiasanasto
musa Musiikin asiasanasto : erikoissanasto
nimacsc NIMA cartographic subject categories
nimafc NIMA form codes
peri Perinnetieteiden asiasanasto
pha Puolostushallinnon asiasanasto
pmbok A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK guide)
precis PRECIS : a manual of concept analysis and subject indexing
qrmak Qâ'imat ru'ûs al-mawdû'ât al-'Arabîyah al-kubrá
renib Renib [base de datos de autoridad]
rero Indexation matières RERO
sanb South African national bibliography = Suid-Afrikaanse nasionale bibliografie
sosa Sosiaalialan asiasanasto
swemesh Svensk MeSH (Swedish MeSH)
taika Taideteollisuuden asiasanasto
tbit Thesaurus BIT : terminologie du travail, de l'emploi et de la formation
tlka Työväenliikkeen kirjaston asiasanasto
toit Tesauro OIT : terminología del trabajo, el empleo y la formación
trtsa Teatterin ja tanssin asiasanasto
tsht Thesaurus of subject headings for television
ttka Teologisen tiedekunnan kirjaston asiasanasto
unbisn UNBIS name authority list
umitrist University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute structured thesaurus
ysa Yleinen suomalainen asiasanasto

PART V: FORMAT SOURCES (No new codes have been added)


PART VI: DESCRIPTIVE CONVENTIONS CODES

New Code Title
mmlcc Manual of map library classification and cataloguing
ncs Norme per il catalogo degli stampati

PART VII: OTHER SOURCE CODES

New Codes (Field 015) Title
abc Anuario bibliográfico colombiano (Calí : Biblioteca Jorge García B.)
abd Anuario bibliográfico dominicana (Ciudad Trujillo : Biblioteca Nacional)
abe Anuario bibliográfico ecuatoriano (Cuenca : Banco Central del Ecuador)
abp Anuario bibliográfico peruano (Lima : Editorial Lumen)
abu Anuario bibliográfico uruguayo (Montevideo : Biblioteca Nacional)
anb Australian national bibliography (Canberra : National Library of Australia)
ba Bibliografía d'Andorra (Andorra La Vella : Biblioteca Nacional)
bbe Bibliographie de Belgique (Bruxelles : H. Manceaux)
bbo Bibliografía boliviana (Cochabamba : Amigos del Libro)
bbr Bibliografia brasileira (Rio de Janeiro : Biblioteca Nacional)
bccb Brinkman's cumulatieve catalogus van boeken (Leiden : Sijthoff)
bc Bibliografía cubana (Habana : Biblioteca Nacional José Martí)
be Bibliografía española (Madrid : Servicio Nacional de Información Bibliográfica)
bk Bulgarski knigopis (Sofiíà : Narodna biblioteka Kiril i Metodii)
bkck Bibliograficky katalog: Ceské knihy (Praha : Národní knihovna)
bksk Bibliograficky katalog: Slovenské knihy (Brastislava : Národní knihovna)
bl Bibliographie luxembourgeoise pour l'année (Luxembourg : Bibliothèque nationale)
bm Bibliografía mexicana (Ciudad de México : Biblioteca Nacional)
bnb British national bibliography (London : British Library, Bibliographic Services Division)
bnc Bibliografia nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona : Departement de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya)
bne Bibliografía nacional de España (Madrid : Biblioteca Nacional de España)
bnf Bibliographie nationale française (Paris : Bibliothèque nationale de France)
bni Bibliografia nazionale italiana (Roma : Istituto centrale per il catalogo unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni)
bnm Bibljografija nazzjonal ta' Malta = National bibliography of Malta (Valletta : National Library of Malta)
bnr Bibliografia nationala româna (Bucuresti : Biblioteca Nationale a României)
bv Bibliografía venezolana (Caracas : Instituto Autónomo Biblioteca Nacional y Servicios de Bibliotecas)
can Canadiana (Ottawa : National Library of Canada)
cncr Catálogo nacional de Costa Rica (San José : Biblioteca Nacional)
db Deutsche Bibliographie (Frankfurt am Main : Die Deutsche Bibliothek)
dbf Dansk bogfortegnelse (Ballerup : Dansk Bibliotekscenter)
eev Ellenikê ethnikê vivliografia (Athenai : Ethnikê Vivliothêkê tês Ellados)
hb Hrvatska bibliografija (Zagreb : Nacionalna i sveucilisna biblioteka)
ib Islensk bókaskrá (Reykjevík : Landbókasafn Islands - Háskólabókasafn)
ipr Irish publishing record (Dublin : University College of Dublin)
kktzm Kokuritsu kokkai Toshokan zosho mokuroku (Tokyo : National Diet Library)
kl Knizhnaíà letopis' (Moskva : Rossiiskaíà knizhnaíà palata)
la Libros argentinos (Buenos Aires : Cámara Argentina del Libro)
lb Liechtensteinische Bibliographie (Vaduz : Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek)
mnb Magyar nemzeti bibliográfia (Budapest : Országos Széchényi Könyvtár)
nbf Norsk bokfortegnelse (Oslo : Norske bokhandlerforening)
nznb New Zealand national bibliography (Wellington : National Library of New Zealand)
oeb Oesterreichische Bibliographie (Wien : Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek)
pb Przewodnik bibliograficzny (Warszawa : Biblioteka Narodowa)
sanb South African national bibliography (Pretoria : National Library of South Africa)
sbf Svensk bokförteckning (Stockholm : Svenska bokhandlareforeningen)
skl Suomen kirjallisuus (Helsinki : Helsingin Yliopiston Kirjasto)
slb Slovenska bibliografija (Ljubljana : Narodna in univerzitetna knjiznica)
szb Das Schweizer Buch : Schweizerische Nationalbibliographie (Zürich : Schweizerischer Buchhändler- und Verlegerverband)
ulk Ukraïna : litopys knih (Kyïv : Knyzhkova palata Ukraïny)
znb Zimbabwe national bibliography (Harare : National Archives)
New Code (Field 017) Title
[No codes yet assigned]
New Code (Field 024) Title
[No codes yet assigned]
New Code (Field 043) Title
[No codes yet assigned]
New Code (Field 044) Title
[No codes yet assigned]
New Code (Field 583) Title
stmanf Standard terminology for the MARC 21 Actions Note field
New Codes (Field 856) Title
acap Application configuration access protocol
afs Andrew File System global file names
cid Content identifier
data Data
dav Dav
fax Fax
file Host-specific file names
ftp File Transfer Protocol
gopher Gopher Protocol
http Hypertext Transfer Protocol
https Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
imap Internet message access protocol
ldap Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
mailserv Mail server access
mailto Electronic mail address
mid Message identifier
modem Modem
news USENET news protocol
nfs Network file system protocol
nntp USENET news using NNTP access
olt Opaque Lock Token
pop Post Office Protocol (version 3)
prospero Prospero Directory Service
rtsp Real time streaming protocol
service Service location
sip Session initiation protocol
tel Telephone
telnet Reference to interactive sessions
tip Transaction Internet Protocol
tn Interactive 3270 emulation sessions
vemmi Versatile multimedia interface
wais Wide Area Information Servers
zr Z39.50 Information Retrieval single record result
zs Z39.50 Information Retrieval session

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