006 and 008: Continuing resources

The Continuing Resources field 008/18-34 contains coded data for all continuing resources, including serials and integrating resources. It is used when Leader/06 (Type of record) contains code a (Language material) and Leader/07 (Bibliographic level) contains code b (Serial component part), i (Integrating resource), or s (Serial). Field 008 positions 00-17 and 35-39 are defined the same in 008 fields for all materials.

Field 008/18-34 character positions are equivalent to those in field 006/01-17 when field 006/00 (Form of material) contains code s (Serial/Integrating resource). These character positions are defined for records in the Continuing Resources type of material as listed in the table below.

This field has no indicators or subfields; the data elements are positionally defined.

Validity by material type: The character positions and associated codes are valid for Continuing Resources.

Record requirements in National-level or Minimal-level records: either Mandatory or Optional, depending on the character position.

Note: Prior to 2002, Continuing Resources (CR) were referred to as Serials (SE).

For details on the character positions and codes used in records for the Continuing Resources material type, select a topic from the Definition column below:

Continuing Resources (CR)
006 Position:	008 Position:	Definition:
01	18	Frequency
02	19	Regularity
03	20	Undefined
04	21	Type of continuing resource
05	22	Form of original item
06	23	Form of item
07	24	Nature of entire work
08-10	25-27	Nature of contents
11	28	Government publication
12	29	Conference publication
13-15	30-32	Undefined
16	33	Original alphabet or script of title
17	34	Entry convention