The following documents the changes contained in the thirty-second update to the 1999 edition of MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data.  Update No. 32 (June 2021) includes changes resulting from proposals that were considered by the MARC 21 community since the publication of Update No. 31 (December 2020).

New content designators:

Fields

334  Mode of Issuance (R)

353  Supplementary Content Characteristics (R)

Indicator

046  Special Coded Dates - 1st indicator (Type of entity)

Indicator values

046  Special Coded Dates - 1st indicator (Type of entity):  value # (No information provided)

046  Special Coded Dates - 1st indicator (Type of entity):  value 1 (Work)

046  Special Coded Dates - 1st indicator (Type of entity):  value 2 (Expression)

046  Special Coded Dates - 1st indicator (Type of entity):  value 3 (Manifestation)

Subfield codes

$c  Form of musical notation term (R) in 348 (Notated Music Characteristics)

$d  Form of musical notation code (R) in 348 (Notated Music Characteristics)

$i  Sound content (R) in 344 (Sound Characteristics)

$x  Nonpublic note (R) in 046 (Special Coded Dates)

$z  Public note (R) in 046 (Special Coded Dates)

$0  Authority record control number or standard number (NR) in 022 (International Standard Serial Number)

$1  Real World Object URI (R) in 022 (International Standard Serial Number)

$3  Materials specified (NR) in 046 (Special Coded Dates)

Codes

Code g (Magazine) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code h (Blog) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code j (Journal) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code r (Repository) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code s (Newsletter) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code t (Directory) in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Changes in content designator names and definitions:

Field

348  Format of Notated Music renamed Notated Music Characteristics

Subfield codes

$2  Edition number renamed Edition information and redescribed in 082 (Dewey Decimal Classification Number)

$2  Edition number renamed Edition information and redescribed in 083 (Additional Dewey Decimal Classification Number)

Codes

Code d (Updating database) redescribed in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code p (Periodical) redescribed in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

Code w (Updating Web site) redescribed in Continuing Resources 008/21 (Type of continuing resource) (006/04)

The following fields did not have technical changes but contain editorial modifications:

Fields

546  Language Note (R) from Proposal 2021-05

852  Location (R) from Proposal 2021-01

See also:

Appendix G:  Format Change Lists

Appendices