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

$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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