The MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data should be used with the following standards and related documentation.  When a standard is applicable to data in specific fields of the format, the fields are given in brackets following the citation.

National and International Standards:

ISO publications may be obtained from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (www.iso.ch) and their agents; and ANSI/NISO Z39 publications may be obtained from the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) (www.niso.org).

Format for Information Exchange (ISO 2709) and Bibliographic Information Interchange (ANSI/NISO Z39.2)

Code for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions:  Part 2, Country subdivision code (ISO 3166-2)  [Field 044]

International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN) (ISO 2108)  [Fields 020, 534, 556, 581, 765, 767, 770, 772, 773, 775, 776, 780, 785, 787]

International Standard Music Number (ISMN) (ISO 10957)  [Field 024]

International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) (ISO 3901)  [Field 024]

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) (ISO 3297) (ANSI/NISO Z39.9)  [Fields 022, 247, 400, 410, 411, 440, 490, 500, 510, 534, 700, 710, 711, 730, 760, 762, 765, 767, 770, 772, 773, 775, 776, 777, 780, 785, 787]

Representations of Dates and Times (ISO 8601)  [Field 005]

Serial Item and Contribution Identifier (SICI) (ANSI/NISO Z39.56)  [Field 024]

International Standard Technical Report Number (ISRN) (ISO 10444) and Standard Technical Report Number and Description (ANSI/NISO Z39.23)  [Fields 027, 765, 767, 770, 772, 773, 775, 776, 780, 785, 787]

MARC Standards:

These publications are available from the Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Washington, DC 20541, USA (Worldwide distribution) and Canadian Government Publishing - PWGSC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0S9, Canada (Canadian distribution).

MARC 21 Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media  [Fields 066, 880]

MARC Code List for Countries  [Fields 008, 044, 535, 775, 852]

MARC Code List for Geographic Areas  [Field 043]

MARC Code List for Languages  [Fields 008, 040, 041, 242, 775]

MARC Code List for Organizations  (earlier title:  Symbols of American Libraries)  [Fields 003, 016, 035, 040, 355, 500, 561, 583, 655, 700, 710, 711, 730, 740, 76X-78X, 850, 852, 856]

MARC Code List for Relators

Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes

Value Lists for Codes and Controlled Vocabularies

Symbols and Interlibrary Loan Policies in Canada  (www.collectionscanada.ca/6/16/s16-202-e.html)

MARC 21 Concise Formats

MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic Format  (www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/lite/)

MARC 21 Format for Authority Data

MARC 21 Format for Classification Data

MARC 21 Format for Community Information

MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data  [Fields 841, 843, 845, 852-878; see 841-89X]

See also:

Bibliographic Data Format:  Introduction