The following documents the changes contained in the eleventh update to the 1999 edition of MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data.  Update No. 11 (February 2010) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community during January 2010.

New content designators:

Fields

008/23 (006/06) - Form of item in Computer Files

380  Form of Work  (R)

381  Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression  (R)

382  Medium of Performance  (R)

383  Numeric Designation of Musical Work  (R)

384  Key  (NR)

Subfield codes

$d  Date of event in 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

$o  Other event information in 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

$p  Place of event in 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event)

$p  Place of event in 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

$0  Authority record control number in 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event)

$0  Authority record control number in 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

$2  Source of term in 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event)

$2  Source of term in 518 (Date/Time and Place of an Event Note)

$3  Materials specified in 034 (Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data)

$5  Institution to which field applies in 800 (Series Added Entry - Personal Name)

$5  Institution to which field applies in 810 (Series Added Entry - Corporate Name)

$5  Institution to which field applies in 811 (Series Added Entry - Meeting Name)

$5  Institution to which field applies in 830 (Series Added Entry - Uniform Title)

Codes

Code o (Online) in Continuing Resources 008/22 (Form of original item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Continuing Resources 008/22 (Form of original item)

Code o (Online) in Books 008/23 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Books 008/23 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Computer Files 008/23 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Computer Files 008/23 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Music 008/23 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Music 008/23 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Continuing Resources 008/23 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Continuing Resources 008/23 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Mixed Materials 008/23 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Mixed Materials 008/23 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Maps 008/29 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Maps 008/29 (Form of item)

Code o (Online) in Visual Materials 008/29 (Form of item)

Code q (Direct electronic) in Visual Materials 008/29 (Form of item)

Change in repeatability:

Subfield code

$e  Description conventions in field 040 (Cataloging Source):  changed from Not repeatable (NR) to Repeatable (R)

See also:

Appendix G:  Format Change Lists

Appendices