Codes

#    Unknown or not specified

a    Preschool

b    Primary

c    Elementary and junior high

d    Secondary (senior high)

e    Adult

f     Specialized

g    General

j     Juvenile

Description/Instructions

The target audience code is a one-character code that represents the audience for which the material is intended.  It is used primarily for educational materials.  When items with factual content are considered appropriate for more than one intellectual level, record the code for the highest level appropriate.

DEFAULT CODE:  #

Code definitions

#    Unknown or not specified.

Input code "#" when the target audience for which the material is intended is unknown or when identification of the target audience is not applicable.  Use code "#" when the item does not clearly indicate a specific "intended audience."

008/22  #

245 10 MacPoint $h [electronic resource] / $c written by Bill Atkinson.

[Monograph example.]

a    Preschool.

Input code "a" when the item is intended for preschool children (i.e., children up to, but not including, kindergarten).

b    Primary.

Input code "b" when the item is intended for children in kindergarten through the third grade.

c    Elementary and junior high.

Input code "c" when the item is intended for young people in grades 4 through 8.

d    Secondary (senior high).

Input code "d" when the item is intended for young people in grades 9 through 12.

008/22  d

245 10 Peterson's college selection service. $p Four-year colleges $h [electronic resource].

e    Adult.

Input code "e" when the item is intended for adults.

f     Specialized.

Input code "f" when the item is very narrowly aimed at a particular audience and the nature of the presentation would make the item of little interest to other audiences.  Examples of items that would be coded "f" include:  1) technical software geared to a very specialized audience and 2) items which address a limited audience, for example, the employees of a single organization.

008/22  f

245 04 The official software for GMAT review $h [electronic resource].

[Limited interest to those taking the GMAT test.]

g    General.

Input code "g" when the item is of general interest and not aimed at an audience of a particular intellectual level.

j     Juvenile.

Input code "j" when the item is intended for use by children and young people through the age of 15 or the 9th grade.  The code is used when one does not want to more specifically code for the juvenile target audience.

008/22  j

245 00 Easy color paint $h [electronic resource].

[Monograph example.]

Related fields, etc.

521

008/22  006/05 - Computer files  (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)

008/22  006/05 - Music  (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)

008/22  006/05 - Visual materials  (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)

See also:

Leader/006/008

Section E.  MARC 21 Format for Serials as Applied Within CONSER

CONSER Editing Guide:  Contents