Appendix B. Character Codes for Leader and 008 Field Grid

This table lists the abbreviations used in Evergreen’s Leader and 008 Field Grid for the characters of the Leader and 008. Please refer to MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data/ Normes MARC 21 for more information on particular characters.

Evergreen Code

Field

Character(s)

Name

AccM

008

24-29

Accompanying Matter

Alph

008

33

Original Alphabet or Script of Title

Audn

008

22

Target Audience

Biog

008

34

Biography

BLvl

Leader

07

Bibliographic Level

Comp

008

18-19

Form of Composition

Conf

008

29

Conference Publication

Cont

008

24-27

Nature of Contents

CrTp

008

25

Type of Cartographic Material

Ctrl

Leader

08

Type of Control

Ctry

008

15-17

Place of Publication, Production or Execution

Date1

008

07-10

Date 1

Date2

008

11-14

Date 2

Desc

Leader

18

Descriptive Cataloguing Form

Dtst

008

06

Type of Date/Publication Status

ELvl

Leader

17

Encoding Level

EntW

008

24

Nature of Entire Work

Fest

008

30

Festschrift

File

008

26

Type of Computer File

Fmus

008

20

Format of Music

Form

008

23 or 29

Form of Item

Freq

008

18

Frequency

Gpub

008

28

Government Publication

Ills

008

18-21

Illustrations

Indx

008

31

Index

Lang

008

33-37

Language

LitF

008

33

Literary Form

LTxt

008

30-31

Literary Text for Sound Recordings

MRec

008

38

Modified Record

Orig

008

22

Form of the Original Item

Part

008

21

Music Parts

Proj

008

22-23

Projection

Regl

008

19

Regularity

Relf

008

18-21

Relief

SpFm

008

33-34

Special Format Characteristics

Srce

008

39

Cataloging Source

SrTp

008

21

Type of Continuing Resource

Tech

008

34

Technique

Time

008

18-20

Running Time for Motion Pictures and Videorecordings

TMat

008

33

Type of Visual Material

TrAr

008

33

Transposition and Arrangement

Type

Leader

06

Type of Record

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