The following documents the changes contained in the fourteenth update to the 1999 edition of MARC 21 Format for Authority Data.  Update No. 14 (April 2012) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January 2012.

New content designators:

Indicator

382  Medium of Performance - 1st indicator (Display constant controller):  values # (No information provided), 0 (Medium of performance), and 1 (Partial medium of performance)

Subfield codes

$b  Soloist (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

$d  Doubling instrument (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

$n  Number of performers of the same medium (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

$p  Alternative medium of performance (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

$s  Total number of performers (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

$v  Note (R) in 382 (Medium of Performance)

The following fields did not have technical changes but contain editorial modifications:

046  Special Coded Dates

670  Source Data Found

675  Source Data Not Found

See also:

Appendix F:  Format Change Lists

Appendices