MARC Tagging for Books: Fixed Field Codes

Music Cataloging at Yale ♪ MARC tagging

Voyager (008)

Publication status | Date 1, Date 2 | Place of publication | Illustrations | Audience | Form of item | Contents | Govt. publication | Conf. publication | Festschrift | Index | Literary form | Biography | Language | Modified record | Cataloging source
Voyager Definition
Publication status Type of date/publication status
b = no dates given; B.C. date involved
d = serial item ceased publication
e = detailed date
s = single known date/probable date
c = serial item currently published
t = publication date and copyright date
i = inclusive dates of collection
k = range of years of bulk of collection
m = multiple dates
p = date of distribution/release/issue/production/recording session when different
r = reprint/reissue date and original date
n = dates unknown
u = dates unknown
q = serial item status unknown
Date 1, Date 2 Date of publication
The content is determined by the Type of Date code (see Publication status above)
Place of publication Place of publication
fr = France
gw = Germany
it = Italy
ru = Russia
sp = Spain
xxc = Canada (no province indicated; first two positions indicate province, e.g., onc = Ontario)
xxk = United Kingdom (no country indicated; first two positions indicate country, e.g., enk = England)
xxu = United States (no state indicated; first two positions indicate state, e.g., ctu = Connecticut)
See US MARC country list for a full list
Illustrations Illustrations; use up to 4 codes
 = no illustrations              
a = illustrations
b = maps
c = portraits
d = charts
e = plans
f = plates
g = music		 h = facsmiles
i = coats of arms
j = genealogical tables
k = forms
1 = samples
m = phonodisc, etc.
o = photographs
p = illuminations
Audience Audience (intellectual level)
  = non-juvenile
j = juvenile
Form of item Form of item
  = none of the following
r = regular print reproduction (eye-readable)
a = microfilm
b = microfiche
s = electronic
Contents Contents; up to 4 codes
 = no specified nature of contents
a = abstracts/summaries
b = bibliographies
c = catalogs
d = dictionaries
e = encyclopedias
f = handbooks
g = legal articles
i = indexes
j = patent document
k = discographies
l = legislation		 m = theses
n = surveys of the literature in subject area
o = reviews
p = programmed texts
q = filmographies
r = directories
s = statistics
t = technical report
v = legal case and case notes
w = law reports and digests
z = treaties
Govt. publication Government publication
 = not a government publication       
i = international intergovernmental
f = federa/national
a = autonomous or semi-autonomous component
m = multistate
s = state, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.		 c = multilocal
l = local
o = government publication-level undetermined
u = unknown if item is government publication
z = other type of government publication
Conf. publication Conference publication
0 = not a conference publication
1 = conference publication
Festschrift Festschrift
0 = not a festschrift
1 = festschrift
Index Index
0 = no index
1 = index present
Literary form Literary form
0 = not fiction              
1 = fiction
c = comic strips
d = dramas
e = essays
f = novels
h = Humor, satires, etc.		 i = letters
j = short stories
m = mixed forms
p = poetry
s = speeches
u = unknown
Biography Biography
 = no biographical material
a = autography
b = individual biography
c = collection biography
d = contains biographical information
Language Language
eng = English
fre = French
ger = German
ita = Italian
rus = Russian
spa = Spanish
See US MARC language list for a full list
Modified record Modified record
  = not modifiec
o = romanized (having to do with printed cards)
Cataloging source Cataloging source
  = Library of Congress
d = other sources (e.g., OCLC member)
c = cooperative cataloging (e.g., PCC)
i = ISBD (descriptive portion of the record contains the punctuation provisions of International standard bibliographic description); use for RDA