Format Changes - October 1999 (Appendix F: Format Change Lists)
The following change list was included with the base text for MARC 21 Format for Authority Data, 1999 Edition.
New content designators:
Field
856 Electronic Location and Access
Subfield codes
$b Local GAC code in 043 (Geographic Area Code)
$2 Source of local code in 043 (Geographic Area Code)
Codes
Leader - character position 09 (Character coding scheme): codes # (MARC-8) and a (UCS/Unicode)
Changes in content designator names:
780 Subdivision Heading Linking Entry - General Subdivision
781 Subdivision Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Subdivision
782 Subdivision Heading Linking Entry - Chronological Subdivision
785 Subdivision Heading Linking Entry - Form Subdivision
Corrections:
Subfield codes
$e Description conventions in 040 (Cataloging Source): repeatability added - Not repeatable (NR)
$0 Record control number in field 400 (See From Tracing - Personal Name): removed
$5 Institution to which field applies in 480, 481, 482, 485, 580, 581, 582, 585, 700, 710, 730, 750, 780, 781, 782, 785, 788: changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)
See also: