008/38 Modified record

Character position definition and scope:

A one-character code that indicates whether the record is modified from its intended content because it required characters that could not be converted into machine-readable form (e.g., nonroman characters) or because it exceeded a system-imposed maximum allowable length. The fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this 008 position.

National Level Requirement for character position 008/38 and the codes below is Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
#	Not modified Code # (blank) indicates that the content of the record required no modification in order to be transcribed into machine-readable form.
s	Shortened Code s indicates that all of the data intended for the record is not included in the MARC record because the record would exceed the maximum length allowed by a particular system. The MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media states that MARC records have a maximum length of 99,999 characters.
x	Missing characters Code x indicates that the intended content of the record contained characters that could not be converted into machine-readable form (e.g., nonroman characters, mathematical symbols). Organizations now romanize nonroman characters and describe special symbols by a word or phrase.
\|	No attempt to code

LC Guidelines:

008/38 Modified record