The following change list was included as Appendix F of MARC 21 Format for Community Information, 2000 Edition.

This edition of the MARC 21 Format for Community Information supersedes the January 1993 base text and update No. 1 (April 1996) to the USMARC Format for Community Information Data.  It includes changes resulting from proposals which were considered by the ALA ALCTS/LITA/RASD Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) at its meetings from 1997 through January 2000 and by the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) at its meetings from 1998 through January 2000.

New content designators:

Indicator

856  Electronic Location and Access - 2nd indicator (Relationship to source):  values # (No information provided), 0 (Resource), 1 (Version of resource), 2 (Related resource), 8 (No display constant generated)

Subfield codes

$b  Local GAC code in 043 (Geographic Area Code)

$b  Item number in 080 (Universal Decimal Classification Number)

$j  Attribution qualifier in 100 (Primary Name - Personal), 600 (Subject Added Entry - Personal Name), 700 (Added Entry - Personal Name)

$v  Form subdivision in 656 (Index Term - Occupation)

$v  Form subdivision in 657 (Index Term - Function)

$x  Common auxiliary subdivision in 080 (Universal Decimal Classification Number)

$2  Source of local code in 043 (Geographic Area Code)

$2  Edition identifier in 080 (Universal Decimal Classification Number)

$6  Linkage in 080 (Universal Decimal Classification Number)

$6  Linkage in 082 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number)

Code

Leader - character position 09 (Character coding scheme):  codes # (MARC-8) and a (UCS/Unicode)

Deleted content designators:

Field

004  Coded Dates Fixed Field  [redefined as field 046 (Special Coded Dates)]

Subfield codes

$w  Record control number in fields 700, 710, 711, 730

$g  Uniform Resource Name in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)  [incorporated into 856 $u]

Change in content designator name:

Subfield code

$u  Uniform Resource Locator Identifier in 856 (Electronic Location and Access)

The following change was not included in Appendix F:

Subfield $8 Field link and sequence number has been added to all variable data fields, except 066.

See also:

Appendix F:  Format Change Lists

Appendices