007/00 Sound recording (/00 = s ) | Category of material (Variable Control Field - Physical Description Fixed Field)
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Character position definition and scope:
A one-character alphabetic code indicates that the category of material to which the item belongs is sound recording. The meaning of the remaining character positions in field 007 are dependent upon the value in this character position (007/00).
Record requirements for National-level records: Mandatory; for Minimal-level records: Optional.
Guidelines for applying content designators:
Description: | |
s | Sound recording - A disc, tape, film, cylinder, or wire on which sound vibrations have been registered so that the sound may be reproduced; and paper rolls on which the notes of a musical composition are represented by perforations in the paper and from which sound can be mechanically produced. |
Character position 00 (General material designation) was defined when field 007 was restructured in 1981. It was renamed Category of material in 1983.
To return, select:
007 Physical Description Fixed Field
