006 and 008: Books

006 and 008: Books (BK )

Character positions /01-17 in the 006 field and /18-34 in the 008 field are defined for records in the Books type of material as listed in the table below.

Validity by material type : The character positions and associated codes are valid for Books.

Record requirements in National-level or Minimal-level records: either Mandatory or Optional, depending on the character position.

For details on the character positions and codes used in records for the Books material type, select a topic from the Definition column below:

006 Position:	008 Position:	Definition:
01-04	18-21	Illustrations
05	22	Target audience
06	23	Form of item
07-10	24-27	Nature of contents
11	28	Government publication
12	29	Conference publication
13	30	Festschrift
14	31	Index
15	32	Undefined
16	33	Literary form
17	34	Biography

006 and 008: Composite Listing by Character Position

006/01-17: Character Positions by Type of Material

006 Fixed-Length Data Elements - Additional Material Characteristics

008/00-39: Character Positions by Type of Material

008 Fixed-Length Data Elements