PICTURES IN PRINT - DATA PROFILE
UKMARC fields used in the catalogue of maps and topographical prints
(Repeatable fields are so marked)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
Title and statement of responsibility
- MARC 245
- (First indicator 1; second indicator 0-9 number of non-filing characters)
- $a Title
- $b Other title information
- $e Statement of responsibility
Edition area
- MARC 250
- $a Edition statement
- $c Statement of responsibility
Maps: cartographic mathematical data
- MARC 256
- $a Statement of scale
- $b Additional scale information
- $c Statement of projection
- $d Statement of co-ordinates
Publication area
- MARC 260
- $a Chief place of publication
- $b Rest of imprint
- $c Date
Physical description area
- MARC 300
- $f Number of items
- $n Specific material designation (e.g. $f 1 $n print (4 sheets): woodcut)
- $b Enriching characteristics (e.g. colour)
- $c Size (height by width, followed when appropriate by sheet size and folded size)
Series area
- MARC 490
- $a Series title
- $v Numbering within series
Notes area
- MARC 505
- Contents description (Always preface the note with the words "Contents description")
- MARC 534
- Standard references from bibliographies etc. (e.g. Benedikz, Turner, Chubb numbers)
- MARC 500
- Repeatable (Use for all other types of bibliographic note - dating information, notes on edition, publishing history, individuals etc responsible for or connected with the work, source of / variations in title, accompanying material, physical description etc. Broadly follow this order in stating the information.)
ACCESS POINTS
UNCONTROLLED
Title
- MARC 245 (main title)
- MARC 745 Repeatable (variant title, analytical title)
- (First indicator 1; second indicator 0-9 number of non-filing characters)
- $a Title
CONTROLLED: titles
Uniform title
- MARC 240
- (First indicator 3; second indicator 0-9 number of non-filing characters)
CONTROLLED: contributors
Personal names (contributors)
- MARC 100 (creator), 700 Repeatable (other contributors)
- (First indicator 0 = person entered under given name; 1 = person entered under surname or title of nobility [UKMARC has now abandoned use of 2 to = person entered under compound surname or title]; 3 = name of family. Second indicator = 0)
- $a Entry element
- $e Roman numerals, and additions to name appearing between entry and inverted elements)
- $h Inverted element of name
- $f Additions to names other than dates
- $k Spelled out form of name
- $l Parenthetical designator (e.g. Family; Earls of)
- $c Dates
- [Note: $y Function not used here or at 700 - too many ambiguities]
Corporate bodies
- MARC 110 (chief creator)
- MARC 710 Repeatable (other contributors)
- (First indicator 1 = government, 2 = other. Second indicator 0)
- $a Entry element
- $c Subordinate body
- $e Additions to name
Controlled: subjects
Personal names (subjects)
- MARC 600 Repeatable
- Indicators and subfields as for 100 & 700
Corporate names (subjects)
- MARC 610 Repeatable
- Indicators and subfields as for 110 and 710
Topics (LCSH)
- MARC 650 Repeatable
- $a Entry element
- $v Form division (e.g. Maps, Pictorial works)
- $y Period (chronological division)
- $z Place subdivision
Placenames
- MARC 651 Repeatable
- $a Entry element [in the form e.g. Tudhoe (Durham)]
- $v Form division [e.g. Maps, Pictorial works]
- $y Period (chronological division) - [Use this for date of situation, rather than date of publication, where they differ]
- $z Place subdivision [e.g. use for streets]
LINK TO IMAGE
MARC 856
Format to be established - extensive guidelines are available eg at Library of Congress MARC site.
LOCATION AND COPY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Repeatable
$a Repository
$b Call number
$q Copy specific information. Repeatable. Chiefly notes on:
Hand-coloured, or other copy-specific enriching features
Physical condition
In or bound with
Provenance
RECORD NUMBER
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- $a Record number
- $b Note of when and by whom record compiled and last revised
CODED DATA
UK MARC 008 character positions 7-11, 16-18, 24, 36-39
- 1-6 Date record first entered on the file (yy/mm/dd)
- 7 Nature of publication (Enter s)
- 8-11 Date of publication, in searchable form (Enter Four digits for the year of publication (the first year, if a span) )
- 16-18 Country of publication. Enter A two character code, from MARC manual appendix A; default = en
- 24 Material designation. Enter A (for map) or G (for picture). Default = G
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