Fixed Fields (Section II: Additions and Changes to Authority Records)
Most fixed fields in authority records are either constants or are system-supplied. However, certain fixed fields must be examined and adjusted when making additions and changes to LC/NAF records.
These fixed fields are listed and briefly annotated below. For complete information on authority record fixed fields, see DCM Section Z1, Name and Series Authority Records and MARC 21 Format for Authority Data with Blue Pages.
Encoding level (Leader/17)
code n complete authority record
code o incomplete authority record (i.e., early notice record)
Level of establishment (008/33)
code a fully established heading
code b memorandum
code c provisional heading
code d preliminary heading
Record update in process (008/31)
code a record can be used
code b record is being updated
Descriptive cataloging rules (008/10)
code a Earlier rules
code b AACR1
code c AACR2
code d AACR2-compatible
Undifferentiated personal name (008/32)
code a differentiated personal name
code b undifferentiated personal name
code n not applicable, i.e., not a personal name
Reference evaluation (008/29)
code a cross references have been evaluated and are consistent with the heading
code b cross references are not necessarily consistent with the heading, i.e., the references have not been evaluated for AACR2
code n record does not contain cross references
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