Heading = SRC

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
SRC	39	1		CATALOGING SOURCE
			blank	Library of Congress
			a	National Agricultural Library
			b	National Library of Medicine
			c	Library of Congress cooperative cataloging (Variable field 040 (CAS) will contain the name of the cooperating library)
			*d	Other sources
			u	Unknown

Heading = ROM

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
ROM	07	1		ROMANIZATION SCHEME A one-character, lower case, alphabetic code indicating the romanization scheme used in formulating the heading or the "see from" tracings.
			a	International standard
			b	National standard
			c	National library association standard
			d	National library or bibliographic agency standard
			e	Local standard
			f	Standard of unknown origin
			g	Conventional romanization or conventional form of name in language of cataloging agency
			n	Not applicable
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = MOD

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
MOD	38	1		MODIFIED RECORD The record does not contain all the information found on the corresponding manual authority record
			s	Shortened
			x	Missing characters
			*blank	Not modified
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = UNIQUE

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
UNIQUE	32	1		UNDIFFERENTIATED PERSONAL NAME CODE
			*n	Not applicable
			a	Differentiated personal name
			b	Undifferentiated personal name
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = GOVT

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
GOVT	28	1		GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION
			*blank	Not a government publication
			i	International intergovernmental
			f	Federal/national
			a	Autonomous or semi-autonomous components of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, or Malaysia
			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
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = S/SYS

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
S/SYS	11	1		SUBJECT HEADING SYSTEM/THESAURUS
			*a	Library of Congress Subject Headings
			b	LC subject headings for children's literature
			c	Medical Subject Headings
			d	National Agricultural Library subject authority file
			k	Canadian Subject Headings
			r	Art and Architecture Thesaurus
			v	Repertoire des vedettes-matiere
			z	Other
			n	Not applicable

Heading = D/I

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
D/I	6	1		DIRECT/INDIRECT GEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION CODE
			blank	Not subdivided geographically
			*n	Not applicable
			d	Subdivided geographically -- direct
			i	Subdivided geographically -- indirect
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = SUBD

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
SUBD	17	1		TYPE OF SUBJECT SUBDIVISION CODE
			blank	Value used in records before the definition of this byt
			n	Not applicable
			*a	Topical
			b	Form
			c	Chronological
			d	Geographic
			e	Language
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = NUM

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
NUM	13	1		NUMBERED/UNNUMBERED SERIES
			*n	Not applicable
			a	Numbered series
			b	Unnumbered series
			c	Series numbering varies
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = S/TYP

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
S/TYP	12	1		TYPE OF SERIES
			*n	Not applicable
			a	Monographic series
			b	Multipart item
			c	Series-like phrase
			z	Other
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = NAME

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
NAME	14	1		HEADING USE CODE -- MAIN OR ADDED ENTRY (Includes name/title and uniform title headings) Note: Values used in this data element have been redefined for NOTIS use.
			*a	Heading is appropriate for use as a main or added entry, but has not yet been used in a NOTIS record
			b	Heading is not to be used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record
			c	Heading has been used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record **
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)
			n

Heading = SUBJ

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
SUBJ	15	1		HEADING USE CODE -- MAIN OR ADDED ENTRY (Includes name/title and uniform title headings) Note: Values used in this data element have been redefined for NOTIS use.
			*a	Heading is appropriate for use as a main or added entry, but has not yet been used in a NOTIS record
			b	Heading is not to be used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record
			c	Heading has been used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record **
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)
			n

Heading = SER

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
SER	16	1		HEADING USE CODE -- MAIN OR ADDED ENTRY (Includes name/title and uniform title headings) Note: Values used in this data element have been redefined for NOTIS use.
			a	Heading is appropriate for use as a main or added entry, but has not yet been used in a NOTIS record
			*b	Heading is not to be used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record
			c	Heading has been used as a main or added entry in a NOTIS record **
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)
			n

Heading = KIND

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
KIND	09	1		KIND OF RECORD CODE
			*a	Established heading
			b	Reference record (untraced reference)
			c	Reference record (traced reference)
			d	Subdivision record
			e	Node label record
			f	Established heading and subdivision record
			g	Reference and subdivision record
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = H/ESTAB

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
H/ESTAB	33	1		LEVEL OF ESTABLISHMENT CODE
			*a	Fully established heading
			b	Memorandum
			c	Provisional
			d	Preliminary
			n	Not applicable
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = T/EVAL

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
T/EVAL	29	1		REFERENCE EVALUATION
			n	Not applicable
			*a	Tracings are consistent with the heading
			b	Tracings are not necessarily consistent with the heading
			blank	Value used in records before the definition of this element
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = IP

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
IP	31	1		RECORD UPDATE IN PROCESS
			*a	Record can be used
			b	Record is being updated
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = RULES

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
RULES	10	1		CATALOGING RULES CODE
			a	Earlier rules
			b	AACR 1
			*c	AACR 2
			d	AACR 2 compatible heading
			n	Not applicable
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Back to Index