Standards and Other Documents Related to This Format (Introduction)
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]
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]
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]
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