The 008 – Fixed Length Data Elements consists of coded information that relates to the rest of the Marc Record. This field contains 40 character positions (00-39) that provides coded information. In Amlib the 40 characters range from 1-40 but will contain the same number of characters and should still be accepted by Libraries Australia and other cataloguing agencies. The coding is different for differing Material Types (All Materials and 7 specific groups of Material Types:
There are areas within the 008 tag to indicate the format, language, publication date and many other details.
There are standard setups for the Material Types. Ensure the standard is followed when setting the Subfields for the various formats using an appropriate reference.
The 008 tag should be included in all Marc records but in particular, it is mandatory when dealing with other libraries or catalogues – for example, when uploading your own library’s records to the Libraries Australia database or WorldCat.
Start Position |
Length |
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1-6 |
6 |
Generated date in yymmdd format – indicates Date of creation of Marc record |
No entry needed |
7 |
1 |
Type of Date. For most records data is derived from information in field 260 |
Enter codes as required |
8-11 |
4 |
Date 1 |
Enter Year From |
12-15 |
4 |
Date 2 |
Enter Year To |
16 - 18 |
3 |
Place of Publication |
Enter Standard code |
A one-character code that indicates the type of dates given in Fields 7-10 and 11-14.
For continuing resources, also indicates the publication status e.g. Ceased For most records data is derived from information in Tag 260 or Tag 362
1-9 - Date digit e.g. Year
A 2 or 3 character Standard Marc code that indicates the place of publication, production, or execution. Generally related to information in Tag 260
Examples
Specific to Books – lines in BOLD from ALL Materials
Start Position |
Length |
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0-6 |
6 |
Generated date in yymmdd format – indicates Date of creation of Marc record |
No entry needed |
7 |
1 |
Type of Date. For most records data is derived from information in field 260 |
Enter codes as required |
8-11 |
4 |
Date 1 |
Enter Year From |
12-15 |
4 |
Date 2 |
Enter Year To |
16 - 18 |
3 |
Place of Publication |
Enter Standard code |
19 - 22 |
3 |
Illustrations |
Enter Standard code |
23 |
1 |
Audience |
Enter Standard code |
24 |
1 |
Form |
Enter Standard code |
25-28 |
4 |
Nature of contents |
Enter up to 4 codes |
29 |
1 |
Government Publication |
Enter single character code |
30 |
1 |
Conference Publication |
Enter single character code |
31 |
1 |
Festschrift |
Enter single character code |
32 |
1 |
Index |
Enter single character code |
33 |
1 |
Undefined |
Blank or Fill character |
34 |
1 |
Literary Form |
Enter single character code |
35 |
1 |
Biography |
Enter single character code |
36 |
3 |
Language e.g. eng |
Enter 3 digit code |
39 |
1 |
Modified record |
Indicate any modification |
40 |
1 |
Cataloguing Source |
Enter single character code |
Up to four 1 character codes (alphabetical) that indicate the types of illustrations.
A one-character code that indicates the audience for which the item is intended.
A one-character code that indicates the form of material for the item.
Up to 4 one-character codes (alphabetical order) that indicate whether a significant part contains certain types of material. If fewer than four codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and each unused position contains a blank (#).
A 1 character code that indicating whether the item is published or produced by or for a government agency. If it is, then also indicates the jurisdictional level of the agency.
A 1 character code that indicates whether the item consists of reports, notes of a conference.
A 1 character code that indicates whether the item is a festschrift.
A 1 character code that indicates whether the item includes an index to its own contents.
Contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
Indicates the literary form of an item. Numeric codes 0 and 1 provide a generic identification of whether or not the item is a work of fiction. Alphabetic codes may be used to identify specific literary forms.
A one-character code that indicates whether the item contains biographical material, and, if so, what the biographical characteristics are.
A 3 character MARC code that indicates the language of the item. The source of the code is MARC Code List for Languages . Choice of a code is based on the predominant language of the item. Three fill characters (|||) may also be used if no attempt is made to code
A 1 character code that indicates whether any data in a bibliographic record is a modification of information that appeared on the item being cataloged or that was intended to be included in the MARC record. Codes are assigned a priority (recorded in the order of the following list) that determines which code is input when more than one code applies to the item.
Indicates the creator of the original cataloging record. If the cataloging source is known, it is identified in Tag 040 / subfield a (Cataloging Source).