006 FIELDS FOR ACCOMPANYING COMPUTER FILES

Index to 006 Documents

If the accompanying material is a computer file, key in the following to get the 006 field:

006m

The 006 field will look like the one below and follows after the fixed field (the main item being cataloged may be in a different format. The fixed field used in the example is one for books):

CU FMT B RT a BL m T/C   DT supplied R/DT supplied STAT nn E/L 5 DCF a D/S D
SRC d PLACE ??? LANG eng MOD   T/AUD   REPRO   D/CODE s DT/1 ???? DT/2
CONT      ILLUS      GOVT   BIOG   FEST 0 CONF 0 FICT 0 INDX 0
006 TYP m T/AUD   DF/TYP   GOVT

(Please note that the NOTIS system supplies some default values. These may or may not be applicable to the item being cataloged)

Listed below are the values for the 006 field for computer files. These values are the same as those used in the 008 field but take up different positions in the NOTIS record. For further explanation of the field values, please refer to the USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data. Refer to the numbered positions in the "MARC" column.

RLIN HeadingNOTIS headingFIELD NAME (From USMARC)MARC 006/MARC 008/
TIPTYPForm of material 0000
INTT/AUDTarget Audience0522
TMDFDF/TYPType of Computer File0926
GPCGOVTGovernment Publication1128