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 = OA

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
OA	33	1		ORIGINAL ALPHABET OR SCRIPT OF TITLE Applies to 222 (KEY) title, or to 245 (TIL) if there is no key title.
			blank	No alphabet or script given/No key title
			*a	Basic Roman
			b	Extended Roman
			c	Cyrillic
			d	Japanese
			e	Chinese
			f	Arabic
			g	Greek
			h	Hebrew
			i	Thai
			j	Devanagari
			k	Korean
			l	Tamil
			z	Other alphabet/script
			u	Unknown
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = REPRO

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
REPRO	23	1		FORM OF ITEM
			*blank	None of the following
			r	Regular print reproduction
			a	Microfilm
			b	Microfiche
			c	Microopaque
			d	Large print
			f	Braille
			g	Punched paper tape (OBSOLETE)
			h	Magnetic tape (OBSOLETE)
			i	Multimedia (OBSOLETE)
			z	Other (OBSOLETE)
			?	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 = CONT

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
CONT	24	4		NATURE OF CONTENTS CODES Note: Use up to four codes in the sequence listed below:
			*blank	No specified nature of contents
			a	Abstracts/summaries
			b	Bibliographies
			c	Catalogs
			d	Dictionaries
			e	Encyclopedias
			f	Handbooks
			g	Legal articles
			i	Indexes
			k	Discographies
			l	Legislation
			n	Surveys of the literature in subject area
			o	Reviews
			p	Programmed texts
			q	Filmographies
			r	Directories
			s	Statistics
			t	Technical reports
			v	Legal cases and case notes
			w	Law reports and digests
			y	Yearbooks (OBSOLETE)
			????	Data not yet supplied (fill characters)

Heading = S/T

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
S/T	21	1		TYPE OF SERIAL
			*blank	Other type of serial
			p	Periodical
			m	Monographic series
			n	Newspaper
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = FREQ

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
FREQ	18	1		FREQUENCY
			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
			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
			r	Regular
			n	Normalized irregular
			x	Completely irregular
			u	Unknown
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = MED

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
MED	22	1		FORM OF ORIGINAL ITEM
			*blank	None of the following
			a	Microfilm
			b	Microfiche
			c	Microopaque
			d	Large print
			f	Braille
			?	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 = TPA

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
TPA	30	1		TITLE PAGE AVAILABLITY (OBSOLETE) This field is OBSOLETE and should be left blank.
			blank	No separate title page issued
			a	In last issue of the volume, loose
			b	In last issue of the volume, attached
			c	In first issue of next volume, loose
			d	In first issue of next volume, attached
			e	Published separately, free upon request
			f	Published separately, free, automatically sent
			g	Published separately, purchase, request
			*u	Unknown
			z	Other title page availability
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = IA

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
IA	31	1		INDEX AVAILABILITY (OBSOLETE) This field is OBSOLETE and should be left blank. This field refers only to indexes, or tables of contents issued as an index, for single volumes
			blank	No index published
			a	Each issue contains an index to its own contents - (no volume index), loose
			b	In last issue of volume, loose, separately paged
			c	In last issue of volume, loose, unpaged
			d	In last issue of volume, attached
			e	In first issue of next volume, loose, separately paged
			f	In first issue of next volume, loose, unpaged
			g	In first issue of next volume, attached
			h	Published separately, free, automatically sent
			i	Published separately, free, upon request
			j	Published separately, bound from publisher, free, automatically sent
			k	Published separately, bound from publisher, free, upon request
			l	Received separately bound from the publisher
			m	Supplement or subseries, indexed in parent journal index
			*u	Unknown
			z	Other index availability
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = CIA

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
CIA	32	1		CUMULATIVE INDEX AVAILABLITY (OBSOLETE) This character position is OBSOLETE and should be left blank
			0	No cumulative index
			1	Cumulative index available
			*u	Unknown
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = ISDS

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
ISDS	20	1		ISSN CENTER
			*blank	No ISSN center code assigned
			0	International Center
			1	United States
			2	United Kingdom (OBSOLETE)
			3	Australia (OBSOLETE)
			4	Canada
			5	Moscow Regional Center (OBSOLETE)
			6	Federal Republic of Germany (OBSOLETE)
			7	France (OBSOLETE)
			8	Argentina (OBSOLETE)
			9	Japan (OBSOLETE)
			u	Unknown (OBSOLETE)
			z	Other
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = CONF

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
CONF	29	1		CONFERENCE PUBLICATION
			*0	Not a conference publication
			1	Conference publication
			?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

Heading = SLE

Heading	Position in Field	Length	Codes	Fixed Length Data Elements (008)
SLE	34	1		SUCCESSIVE / LATEST ENTRY INDICATOR
			0	Successive entry
			1	Latest Entry
			*?	Data not yet supplied (fill character)

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