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Enter LCCNs in bibliographic records (field 010)

Discover how to enter LCCNs in records (field 010) in Connexion client.

Overview

When you add or correct an LCCN:

  • Enter all non-blank characters.
  • After you reformat or take an action on the record, Connexion displays the LCCN with no hyphen, 1-3 leading blanks in unoccupied prefix positions, 1-5 leading zeros in unoccupied number positions, and (pre-2001 LCCNs only) a trailing blank in position 12.

    Displaying the LCCN without the hyphen is consistent with the way LCCNs display in newly published materials.
  • In most cases, the system can supply blank spaces in the prefix and/or a final blank as required to format a valid LCCN; you need not enter blanks.
  • If you enter the LCCN with a hyphen, you need not enter leading zeros in the serial number; the system can supply them. However, if you enter the LCCN without a hyphen, you must include leading zeros.
  • Validation errors on field 010 often result from too many characters in any portion of the LCCN, embedded blanks in any portion, missing letters or numbers, or (if you omit the hyphen) missing leading zeros in the serial number.

The following tables provide details on required formatting for both pre-2001 LCCNs (2-digit year) and current LCCNs (4-digit year). In the tables, note that each underline character represents a space.

LCCN segments

LCCN segment Pre-2001 LCCN length and position of segment Current LCCN length and position of segment
Alphabetic prefix
  • Up to 3 letters
  • Positions 1 through 3
  • 1 to 3 leading blanks fill unoccupied positions

 Note: You need not enter leading blanks in the LCCN prefix.

  • 1 or 2 letter
  • Positions 1 and 2
  • 1 or 2 leading blanks fill unoccupied positions

 Note: You need not enter leading blanks in the LCCN prefix.

Year
  • 2 digits
  • Positions 4 and 5
  • 4 digits
  • Positions 3 through 6
Hyphen
  • Include or omit
  • Not retained or displayed in record
  • Include or omit
  • Not retained or displayed in record.
Serial number
  • 1 to 6 digits
  • Positions 6 through 11
  • 1-5 leading zeros fill unoccupied positions

 Note: Enter leading zeros if you omit
the hyphen. You may omit leading zeros if you include the hyphen.

  • 1 to 6 digits
  • Positions 6 through 11
  • 1-5 leading zeros fill unoccupied positions

 Note: Enter leading zeros if you omit
the hyphen. You may omit leading zeros if you include the hyphen.

Supplement blank
  • 1 blank after last digit of serial number
  • Position 12

 Note: You need not enter a final blank space.

Not needed
Examples of
correct data entry
With hyphen:

abc98-123456_
ab98-3456
_a98-56_
a98-56



Without hyphen:

abc98123456_
abc98123456
_ab98003456
ab98003456
a98000056
With hyphen:

ab2002-123456
a_2002-3456
a2002-3456
__2002-56
2002-56



Without hyphen:

ab2002123456
a_2002003456
a2002003456
__2002000056
2002000056

LCCN types

LCCN type Pre-2001 2001
No prefix Entered: 74-1513
Entered: 74001513
Formatted: ___4001513_
Entered: 2002-277579
Entered: 2002277579
Formatted:    2002277579
1-letter prefix Entered: a25-20
Entered: a25000020
Formatted: a    25000020_
Entered: a2001-336783
Entered: a2001336783
Formatted: a_2001336783
2-letter prefix Entered: cd25-20
Entered: cd25000020
Formatted: cd_25000020_
Entered: cf2002-701624
Entered: cf2002701624
Formatted: cf2002701624
3-letter prefix Entered: agr25-20
Entered: agr25000020
Formatted: agr25000020_
Not used in post-2000 LCCNs.
Serial number 1 digit Entered: 85-2
Entered: 85000002
Formatted: ___85000002_
Entered: 2001-2
Entered: 2001000002
Formatted:    2001000002
Serial number 2-5 digits Entered: 00-42732
Entered: 00042732_
Formatted: ___00042732_
Entered: 2001-58650
Entered: 2001058650
Formatted:    2001058650
Serial number 6 digits Entered: 00-687172
Entered: 00687172
Formatted: ___00687172_
Entered: 2002-277579
Entered: 2002277579
Formatted:    2002277579