The following documents the changes contained in the nineteenth update to the 1999 edition of MARC 21 Format for Authority Data.  Update No. 19 (October 2014) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during June 2014.

New content designators:

Field

388  Time Period of Creation  (R)

Subfield codes

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 150 (Heading - Topical Term)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 151 (Heading - Geographic Name)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 450 (See From Tracing - Topical Term)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 451 (See From Tracing - Geographic Name)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 550 (See Also From Tracing - Topical Term)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 551 (See Also From Tracing - Geographic Name)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 750 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Topical Term)

$g  Miscellaneous information (R) in 751 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Name)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 700 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 710 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Corporate Name)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 711 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Meeting Name)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 730 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Uniform Title)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 748 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Chronological Term)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 750 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Topical Term)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 751 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Name)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 755 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Genre/Form Term)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 762 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Medium of Performance Term)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 780 (Established Heading Linking Entry - General Subdivision)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 781 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Subdivision)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 782 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Chronological Subdivision)

$i  Relationship information (R) in 785 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Form Subdivision)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 700 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 710 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Corporate Name)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 711 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Meeting Name)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 730 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Uniform Title)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 748 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Chronological Term)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 750 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Topical Term)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 751 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Name)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 755 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Genre/Form Term)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 762 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Medium of Performance Term)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 780 (Established Heading Linking Entry - General Subdivision)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 781 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Geographic Subdivision)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 782 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Chronological Subdivision)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 785 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Form Subdivision)

$4  Relationship code (R) in 788 (Complex Linking Entry Data)

Changes in repeatability:

Subfield codes

$g  Miscellaneous information changed to Repeatable (R) in:

100 (Heading - Personal Name)

110 (Heading - Corporate Name)

111 (Heading - Meeting Name)

130 (Heading - Uniform Title)

400 (See From Tracing - Personal Name)

410 (See From Tracing - Corporate Name)

411 (See From Tracing - Meeting Name)

430 (See From Tracing - Uniform Title)

500 (See Also From Tracing - Personal Name)

510 (See Also From Tracing - Corporate Name)

511 (See Also From Tracing - Meeting Name)

530 (See Also From Tracing - Uniform Title)

700 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Personal Name)

710 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Corporate Name)

711 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Meeting Name)

730 (Established Heading Linking Entry - Uniform Title)

The following field did not have technical changes but contains editorial modifications:

Subfield $s (Total number of performers) in field 382 (Medium of Performance) was incorrectly designated as repeatable (R) when the subfield was defined in Update 14 (April 2012).  A correction to the documentation has been made in line with the definition of the subfield, and $s is now not repeatable (NR).

See also:

Appendix F:  Format Change Lists

Appendices