Update 13, Spring 2001

Update 13 to the CONSER Editing Guide incorporates changes announced in OCLC technical bulletins 236 and 241. Key changes are revisions of instructions for inputting LC control numbers, to support use of the new MARC 21 LCCN format implemented in January 2001, and of guidelines for creating records with vernacular Chinese script, to reflect implementation of pinyin romanization.

Field, etc.	Addition, Change, Deletion
A1	Added new CONSER members University of Chicago, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National Library of Wales, and R.R. Bowker Changed University of Oregon to full member
A4	Deleted NST reporting as obligation Regularized indentations; changed presentation in lists to bullets
B6	Corrected instructions to use ELvl 4
C1	Added mention of core level and ELvl 4 in places Deleted specifications that LCCN be unprefixed or "non-pseudo" Deleted pseudo LCCNs as identifying features of LC MLC and NSDP records
C2	Changed ELvl 8 instructions to match current policy
C4	Deleted references to LSP
C7	Corrected reference citation; added criterion to instructions
C8	Added mention of core level Inserted missing blank space
C13	Added mention of core level Added instructions to avoid duplicate reporting
Fixed Length Fields - General Information	Corrected indentation Updated information on uses of 006 field and code s for "Form of item" and "Form of original item" Restored page lost in last update
Cataloging source	Added instruction for code d and information on validation with u
Form of original item	Changed reproduction example to microfilm Added guidelines for electronic serials Deleted footnote Corrected "Original form" to "Form of item" in one place Deleted out of date information
007 Fields - General Information	Restored correct second page
007 - Electronic resource	Restored correct second page Restored line lost in last update
010	Added information about using new LCCN format Moved main information on suffixes and revision dates to Appendix P, leaving abbreviated discussion in 010; normalized plural "LCCNs" Added quotation marks Changed language for clarity
016	Added information on OCLC plans to incorporate use and data of field 069 and on overlap with field 029
029	Added new section on field 029, previously not included in CEG
050	Changed and added instructions for use of indicators 1 and 4 Added mention of core level and ELvl 4
069	Added information on OCLC plans to shift use and data into field 016 and on overlap with field 029
072	Moved example to subfield $a section Added examples to illustrate breaking up multiple subfields $a
246	Inserted missing blank space
263	Added instructions that CONSER members leave 263 in records
506	Added examples
Linking Entry Fields - General Information	Corrected punctuation and coding Added instructions for new LCCN format Updated other instructions and section titles
856	Updated background statement for editing instructions
891	Added new subfield $x and instructions
936	Changed reference "265" and "037"
Appendix A	Deleted 029 from OCLC-defined fields not included in CEG
Appendix O	Updated background information to reflect pinyin implementation Deleted instructions on using alphabetic identifier suffix Relocated guidelines on romanizing key title and abbreviated key title Renamed section for designation area Updated MARC 21 coding for subject form subdivisions Added alphabetic subsection markers
Appendix P	Expanded scope; changed name Added information on MARC LCCN formats, suffixes, and revision dates Changed instructions and examples to no longer transcribe suffixes and revision dates; changed section titles
Index	Index updated