Character position definition and scope:

A one-character alphabetic code indicates the specific material designation of a globe.  The specific material designation describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs, for example, a celestial globe.  A fill character ( | ) is used when no attempt has been made to code this position.

Record requirements for National-level records:  Mandatory; for Minimal-level records:  Optional.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:

Description:

a

Celestial globe

b

Planetary or lunar globe

c

Terrestrial globe

e

Earth moon globe

u

Unspecified

z

Other  Globe type for which none of the other defined codes is appropriate.

|

No attempt to code

Content designator history:

d - Satellite globe (of our solar system), excluding the earth moon  [obsolete, 1997]  [CAN/MARC only]

To return, select:

007:  Globe

007  Physical Description Fixed Field