007 Physical Description Fixed Field

Field definition and scope:

Field 007 contains codes that describe the physical characteristics of the copy of the bibliographic item for which holdings are recorded. The physical characteristics are usually derived from information in the related MARC bibliographic record, especially from field 300 (Physical Description) and/or one of the 5XX note fields.

Field 007 has a generic tree structure, whereby values given in 007/00 (Category of material) determine the data elements defined for subsequent character positions. Because the definitions of the codes in field 007 are dependent upon the character position in which they occur, the coding of any character position mandates that each preceding character position contains a code or a fill character ( | ).

The codes defined for the first character position (007/00, Category of material) are described below. Complete character position definitions and content designator guidelines for other positions in field 007 for each category of material for which the field is defined are in the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data.

Field 842 (Textual Physical Form Designator) may contain the category of material in textual form.

Field 007 is NOT repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Field 007 has no indicators or subfield codes. The data elements are positionally defined by the category of material.

007/00
Code:	Category of Material:
a	Map
c	Electronic resource
d	Globe
f	Tactile material
g	Projected graphic
h	Microform
k	Nonprojected graphic
m	Motion picture
o	Kit
q	Notated music
r	Remote-sensing image
s	Sound recording
t	Text
v	Videorecording
z	Unspecified

Input conventions:

Repeatability: Field 007 is not repeatable in separate holdings records. A unique holdings record is made for each physical format for which a holdings statement is needed. For example, an organization's holdings statements for a videocassette available in U-matic, Beta, and VHS formats are contained in three separate holdings records, all of which may be linked to the same related MARC bibliographic record. Each holdings record contains a 007 field with codes that describe the physical characteristics of the specific videocassette format.

Capitalization: All codes used in field 007 are input in lowercase.

Content designator history:

In 2002, the Computer file 007 field was renamed to "Electronic resource."

The 007 specifications for kit (/00=o) and notated music (/00=q) were defined in 1998.

The 007 specifications for remote-sensing images (/00=r) were defined in 1997.

The 007 specifications for computer files (/00=c) were defined in 1994; they were incorporated in the MARC bibliographic format specifications in 1995 in conjunction with Format Integration changes affecting field 007.

The 007 specifications for text (/00=t) and for unspecified (/00=x) were defined for all MARC specifications in 1990.