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MARC 21 Format for Community Information
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
MARC 21 Format for Community Information
Standards and Other Documents Related to this Format (Introduction)
The MARC 21 Format for Community Information should be used with the following standards and related documentation. When a standard is applicable to data in specific fields of the format, the fields are given in brackets following the citation.
National and International Standards:
ISO publications may be obtained from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (www.iso.ch) and their agents; and ANSI/NISO Z39 publications may be obtained from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) (www.niso.org).
Format for Information Exchange (ISO 2709) and Bibliographic Information Interchange (ANSI/NISO Z39.2)
Representations of Dates and Times (ISO 8601)
Character set standards are specified in MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media.
MARC Standards and Other Related Publications:
These publications are available from the Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Washington, DC 20541, USA (Worldwide distribution) and Canadian Government Publishing - PWGSC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9, Canada (Canadian distribution).
DC&: Dewey Decimal Classification Additions, Notes and Decisions. Albany: Forest Press [Field 082]
Dewey, Melvil. Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Albany: Forest Press [Field 082]
Dewey, Melvil. Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative Index. Albany: Forest Press [Field 082]
Geographic Cutters [Field 052]
LC Classification--Additions and Changes [Fields 050, 070]
Library of Congress Classification [Fields 050, 060, 070]
Library of Congress Classification--Class G [Field 052]
MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media [Leader, Directory, Fields 066, 880]
MARC Code List for Geographic Areas [Field 043]
MARC Code List for Languages [Fields 008, 040, 041]
MARC Code List for Organizations (earlier title: Symbols of American Libraries) [NUC symbols are used as MARC codes in fields 003, 035, 040, 700, 710, 711, 730]
Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes
Value Lists for Codes and Controlled Vocabularies
MARC 21 Concise Formats (all five formats in concise form)
MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic Format
MARC 21 Format for Authority Data
MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data
MARC 21 Format for Classification Data
MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data
National Library of Medicine. National Library of Medicine Classification. Washington: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O. [Field 060]
Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting [Field 050]
Subject Cataloging Manual: Subject Headings
Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada
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