[DCRM-L] Fwd: [MARC] TECHNICAL NOTICE (November 8, 2013)

[JOHN C ATTIG]

This announcement came out this evening, and I don't think anyone else has forwarded it to the DCRM list. 

Notice the 60-day "embargo" on use of the new code. 

     John Attig
     Penn State University
     jxa16 at psu.edu

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TECHNICAL NOTICE (November 8, 2013)
Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes

Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress

The source code listed below has been recently approved. The code will be
added to the applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes
list. See the specific source code lists for current usage in MARC fields
and MODS/MADS elements.

The code should not be used in exchange records until 60 days after the
date of this notice to provide implementers time to include newly-defined
codes in any validation tables.


Description Conventions
The following source code has been added to the Description Convention
Source Codes list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.

Addition:
dcrmg - DCRM(G): Descriptive cataloging of rare materials (Graphics).
(Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College & Research
Libraries)

The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office
provides information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its
Web site (www.loc.gov/marc/) as well as notices such as these to
subscribers to its MARC listserv (marc at loc.gov).

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