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 = PLACE

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
PLACE	15	3		PLACE OF PUBLICATION, PRODUCTION OR EXECUTION A two or three character, lower case, alphabetic code for the country of publication. Use established codes from "USMARC Code List for Countries"
			*???	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = LANG

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
LANG	35	3		LANGUAGE A three character, lower case, alphabetic code for language of text. Use established codes from "USMARC Code List for Languages"
			???	Data not yet supplied (fill characters)
			*eng

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 cataloging copy
			s	Shortened
			d	Dashed-on information omitted
			x	Missing characters
			r	Completely romanized/printed cards in script
			o	Completely romanized/printed cards romanized
			*blank	Not modified
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = T/AUD

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
T/AUD	22	1		TARGET AUDIENCE
			*blank	Unknown or not applicable
			a	Preschool
			b	Primary
			c	Elementary and junior high
			d	Secondary (senior high)
			e	Adult
			f	Specialized
			g	General
			j	Juvenile
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = D/CODE

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
D/CODE	6	1		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 (Obsolete for books)
			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 and production/recording session when different
			r	Reprint/reissue date and original date
			n	Dates unknown
			u	Serial item status unknown
			q	Questionable date
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = DT/1

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
DT/1	7	4		DATE 1/BEGINNING DATE OF PUBLICATION The content is determined by the Type of Date code (D/CODE), above
			*????	Data not yet supplied (fill characters)

Heading = DT/2

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
DT/2	11	4		DATE 2/ENDING DATE OF PUBLICATION The content is determined by the Type of Date code (D/CODE), above
			????	Data not yet supplied (fill characters)

Heading = DF/TYP

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
DF/TYP	26	1		TYPE OF COMPUTER FILE
			a	Numeric data
			b	Computer programs
			c	Representational
			d	Document
			e	Bibliographic data
			f	Font
			g	Game
			h	Sound
			i	Interactive multimedia
			j	Online system or service
			m	Combination
			u	Unknown
			z	Other
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = MACH

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
MACH	27	1		TYPE OF MACHINE (OBSOLETE)
			blank	This character position is undefined, and it should be left blank.
			*a	Computer-readable (OBSOLETE)
			z	Other (OBSOLETE)
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = FREQ

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
FREQ	18	1		FREQUENCY (OBSOLETE)
			blank	No determinable frequency
			d	Daily
			i	Three times a week
			c	Semiweekly
			w	Weekly
			j	Three times a month
			e	Biweekly
			s	Semimonthly
			m	Monthly
			b	Bimonthly
			q	Quarterly
			t	Three times a year
			f	Semiannual
			a	Annual
			g	Biennial
			h	Triennial
			z	Other frequencies
			*n	Not applicable
			u	Unknown
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = REG

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
REG	19	1		REGULARITY (OBSOLETE)
			r	Regular
			n	Normalized irregular
			x	Completely irregular
			u	Unknown
			*?	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)

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