UNIMARC concise bibliographic format

(May 1998)

Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Programme


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Last Update: June 3, 1998

0-- IDENTIFICATION BLOCK

001 RECORD IDENTIFIER (Not repeatable)

005 VERSION IDENTIFIER (Not repeatable)

010 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Number (ISBN) (Not repeatable)
$b Qualification (Not repeatable)
$d Terms of Availability and/or Price (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous ISBN (Repeatable)

011 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Number (ISSN) (Not repeatable)
$b Qualification (Not repeatable)
$d Terms of Availability and/or Price (Repeatable)
$y Cancelled ISSN (Repeatable)
$z Erroneous ISSN (Repeatable)

012 FINGERPRINT IDENTIFIER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Fingerprint (Not repeatable)
$2 Fingerprint System Code (Not repeatable)
$5 Institution to which the Field Applies (Mandatory, Not repeatable)

013 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD MUSIC NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Number (ISMN) (Not repeatable)
$b Qualification (Not repeatable)
$d Terms of Availability and/or Price (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous ISMN (Repeatable)

014 ARTICLE IDENTIFIER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes
$a Article Identifier (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous Article Identifier (Repeatable)
$2 System Code (Not repeatable)

015 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TECHNICAL REPORT NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Number (ISRN) (Not repeatable)
$b Qualification (Not repeatable)
$d Terms of Availability and/or Price (Not repeatable)
$z Cancelled/Invalid/Erroneous ISRN (Repeatable)

020 NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Country Code (Not repeatable)
$b Number (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous number (Repeatable)

021 LEGAL DEPOSIT NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Country Code (Not repeatable)
$b Number (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous Number (Repeatable)

022 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION NUMBER (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a Country Code (Not repeatable)
$b Number (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous Number (Repeatable)


035 OTHER SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a System Control Number (Not repeatable)
$z Cancelled or Invalid Control Number (Repeatable)

040 CODEN (SERIALS) (Repeatable)

Indicators: blank
Subfield codes:
$a CODEN (Not repeatable)
$z Erroneous CODEN (Repeatable)

071 PUBLISHER'S NUMBER (SOUND RECORDINGS AND MUSIC) (Repeatable)

Indicator l: Type of Publisher's Number
0 Issue Number
1 Matrix Number
2 Plate Number
3 Other Publisher's Number (Printed Music)
Indicator 2 Note Indicator
0 Do not make a note
1 Make a note
Subfield codes:

$a Publisher's Number (Not repeatable)
$b Source (Not repeatable)