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Unit: Cataloging
Date last updated: 01 08/0307/20162018
Date of next review: December 20172018
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Fixed Field ValuesAnchor C C
MARC21 Definition | Voyager label | LTS Abbreviated Level Requirement |
Encoding Level | Encoding level | Enter value "3” |
Descriptive cataloging form | Cataloging form | Should be value “i” (RDA) or "a" (AACR2) |
Cataloging source | Cataloging source | Should be value "d" (default). LC preliminary records should be left as “blank.” |
Place of publication | Place of publication | Mandatory |
Language | Language | Mandatory |
Type of Date Code | Publication status | Mandatory |
Date 1, Date 2 | Date 1, Date 2 | Mandatory (Date 2 mandatory if applicable) |
All other fixed field positions are optional at abbreviated level. Catalogers may fill in such fields as Contents or Literary Form at their discretion, as long as they do no agonize over the choice.
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- Focus on the data elements spelled out in this procedure as mandatory or mandatory if applicable.
- Accept what is present on DLC or copy to the extent possible. Do not delete or change DLC or copy information unless it is clearly inaccurate or egregiously misleading.
- Do not agonize over data elements in a record. Make a quick decision in most cases.
MARC 21 Definition | Tag | LTS Abbreviated Level Requirement |
Library of Congress Control No. | 010 | Mandatory if applicable. Enter any DLC label mounted on the cover. |
ISBN | 020 | Enter |a if it appears on the item (|z if you know it can’t possibly be valid, for example if it’s not 10 or 13 digits long) |
System Control Number | 035 | Retain the OCLC control number if present. Do not include an OCLC control number for a different manifestation. Do not include an OCLC control number for a non-English record (that is, 040 |b must be blank or “eng”). |
Cataloging Source | 040 | Subfields |a, |b, |c mandatory; |e rda and |d if applicable |
LC Call No. | 050 | Mandatory; see guidelines in this procedure |
Authorized access point | 1xx | Mandatory if applicable (includes 100, 110, 111, 130) |
Preferred title | 240 | Enter a preferred title if known or readily inferred from the item; otherwise, omit |
Title area | 245 | Subfield |a is mandatory; |b and|c if applicable |
Varying form of title | 246 | Optional ; use judgment |
Edition area | 250 | Mandatory if applicable |
Imprint | 264: 1: (RDA); 260 (usually AACR2) | Mandatory if applicable; |a, |b and |c should be present |
Physical description | 300 | Subfields |a and |c are mandatory; all other subfields are optional |
Content, Media, Carrier | 336, 337, 338 | Mandatory on RDA records. Use macro #r1 for print monographs. |
Series | 490:0 : | Transcribe series if present. Do not trace the series in an 830. Remove an 830 if one happens to be present on the in-process record. |
Uncontrolled Subject Terms | 653 | Mandatory if applicable; see guidelines in this procedure |
Added entries | 7xx | All added entries are optional |
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Guidelines for LC Call Numbers
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