Visual materials:
The Visual Materials bibliographic format specification is used for the following:
Projected media (for example, motion pictures, videorecordings, slides, transparencies) identified by code g in Leader/06 (Type of record)
Non-projected media or two-dimensional graphics (for example, drawings, posters, prints) identified by code k in Leader/06
Kits (that is, a multi-media item containing a mixture of components from two or more categories of material) identified by code o in Leader/06
Three-dimensional artifacts or naturally occurring objects (for example, toys, sculpture, fossils) identified by code r in Leader/06
Material may be monographic or serial in nature. The designator code VM is used in written MARC documentation for this material type.
The Visual Materials definition of field 006/01-17 and field 008/18-34 is used when the above condition exists. See 006 and 008: Visual Materials for codes and character position descriptions.
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