A How-To on 007 and the Different Types of Material
The following describes how the 007 field is used in bibliographic records for the different Types of material and their related Categories of material:
Books records: used for microforms and for textual material.
Computer files records: used for unspecified computer files physical forms.
Maps records: used to describe maps , globes , maps in microform, and unspecified maps physical forms.
Music records: used for music in microform, sound recordings , and unspecified musical physical forms.
Serials records: used for microforms and for textual material.
Visual materials records: used for projected and nonprojected graphics, videorecordings, microforms, motion pictures, and unspecified visual materials physical forms. It is also used for component parts of a kit that are any of the preceding media and to describe a textual item, sound recording, map, globe, and/or unspecified physical media when part of a kit. In such instances, the specifications for text, sound recordings, maps, globes, and unspecified are used, respectively.
Mixed materials records: used when part of an item is microforms, textual material, or other unspecified physical forms.
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See also:
007/01-->: Character Positions by Category of Material
007: Composite Listing by Character Position
007 Physical Description Fixed Field
