008/30-31 (006/13-14) Music: Literary text for sound recordings

Character position definition and scope:

Up to two one-character codes (recorded in the order of the following list) that indicate the type of literary text contained in a nonmusical sound recording.

If only one code is assigned, it is left justified and the unused position contains a # (blank). If more than two codes for types of literary text are appropriate to an item, only the two most important are recorded.

Two fill characters ( || ) are used when no attempt has been made to code these character positions.

Record requirements for National-level records: Mandatory; for Minimal-level records: Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:	Description:
#	Item is a music sound recording
a	Autobiography
b	Biography
c	Conference proceedings
d	Drama
e	Essays
f	Fiction Fiction includes novels, short stories, etc.
g	Reporting Reports of newsworthy events and informative messages are included in this category.
h	History
i	Instruction Includes instructions on how to accomplish a task, learn an art, etc. (e.g., how to replace a light switch). Note: Language instruction text is assigned code j.
j	Language instruction May include passages that fall under the definition for one of the other codes (e.g., language text that includes poetry).
k	Comedy Spoken comedy.
l	Lectures, speeches
m	Memoirs Memoirs are usually autobiographical.
n	Not applicable Item is not a sound recording (e.g., printed or manuscript music).
o	Folktales
p	Poetry
r	Rehearsals Rehearsals are performances of any of a variety of nonmusical productions.
s	Sounds Includes nonmusical utterances and vocalizations that may or may not convey meaning.
t	Interviews
z	Other Type of literary text for which none of the other defined codes are appropriate.
\|	No attempt to code

See: Examples