Authority record format

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Find the fixed field elements, variable fields, and tag groups typically used in LC/NACO name authority records and LC subject authority records.

Fixed field elements and variable fields

See MARC 21 Format for Authority Data for detailed descriptions of every data element, along with examples, input conventions, and history sections, used in LC/NACO name authority records and LC subject authority records. To browse and view authority headings for Subject, Name, Title, and Name/Title combinations, see Library of Congress Authorities.

Fixed field element definitions

The following table lists the fixed field elements and the codes for each element. The elements are listed in alphabetical order. Only codes typically used in LC/NACO name authority records and LC subject authority records are listed.

ARN

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
001		Authority Record Number	OCLC system-supplied

Auth/ref

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/09		Kind of record code	Indicates whether the record is an authority record (1xx is an established heading) or a reference record (1xx is not an established heading)
	a	Established heading
	b	Reference record (untraced reference)
	c	Reference record (traced reference)
	d	Subdivision record

Auth status

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/33		Level of establishment code	Indicates the status of a heading in an authority record
	a	Fully established
	b	Memorandum (established but not yet used)
	c	Provisional
	d	Preliminary
	n	Not applicable (not an established heading)

Enc lvl

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
Leader/17		Encoding level	Indicates whether the authority record is complete
	n	Complete authority record
	o	Incomplete authority record

Entered

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/00-05		Date entered on file Year, month, day (yymmdd)	Date record was entered

Geo subd

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/06		Direct/indirect geographic subdivision code	Indicates whether the 1xx heading can be subdivided geographically
		Not subdivided geographically
	i	Subdivided geographically-indirect
	n	Not applicable

Govt agn

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/28		Type of government agency code	If the heading is the name of a body created or controlled by a government, a one-character code denotes the jurisdictional level of the body. LC always uses a fill character (▮).
		Not a government agency
	i	International Intergovernmental
	f	Federal/National
	a	Autonomous or semi-autonomous component of Malaysia
	s	State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
	m	Multistate
	c	Multilocal
	l	Local
	z	Other
	o	Government agency-type undetermined
	u	Unknown if heading is for government agency
	▮	No attempt to code

Mod rec

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/38		Modified record code	Shows whether the machine-readable authority record differs from the manual authority record
008/38		Record not modified

Name

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/32		Undifferentiated personal name code	Indicates whether, because neither date nor distinguishing terms are available, the same heading is used for more than one person
	a	Differentiated personal name
	b	Undifferentiated personal name
	n	Not applicable

Name use

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/14		Heading use code-main or added entry	Represents the author aspect of the heading
	a	Heading appropriate for main or added entry
	b	Heading not appropriate for main or added entry

Rec stat

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
Leader/05		Record status	Indicates relationship of record to a file for file maintenance purposes
	c	Corrected or revised
	n	New
	d	Deleted

Ref status

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/29		Reference evaluation code	Indicates whether references have been evaluated and whether those references are consistent with the heading. Code b is used when the AACR2 or RDA form appears as the established heading (1xx) but the references may not have been re-evaluated in their relationships to the new heading.
	a	Tracings are consistent with heading
	b	Tracings are not necessarily consistent with heading
	n	Not applicable

Replaced

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
005	Date and time of latest transaction (NR) (yyyymmddhhmm.sss)		Date and time the record was last updated in the OCLC authority file (displayed in ‡a)

Roman

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/07		Romanization scheme	Indicates the Romanization scheme used in formulating the heading in the 1xx field.
	c	Converted to Pinyin
	n	Not converted to Pinyin
	▮	No attempt to code

Rules

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/10		Descriptive cataloging rules code	Represents the cataloging rules used for establishing the name, name/title, or uniform title heading in the 1xx field. For newly created name/series authority records code "z" is the only value used. When existing NARs using codes "a", "b", "c", or "d" are modified in any way, they are re-coded to RDA and the 008/10 code is changed accordingly. Exceptions to this guideline are found in the Descriptive Cataloging Manual Z1 008/10 section. Do not use codes: a, b, d, or the fill character. LC uses code n (Not applicable) in traced reference records (008/09, code c).
	a	Earlier rules
	b	AACR1
	c	AACR2
	d	AACR2 compatible heading
	n	Not applicable
	z	Other

Ser num

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/13		Numbered/unnumbered series code	Indicates whether a series is numbered, unnumbered, or varies between the two. The code used reflects the series as a whole; if numbering varies, variations are explained in field 640 and/or 641.
	a	Numbered series
	b	Unnumbered series
	c	Numbering varies
	n	Not applicable

Ser use

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/16		Heading use code-series added entry	Represents the series aspect of the heading
	a	Heading appropriate as series added entry
	b	Heading not appropriate as series added entry

Series

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/12		Type of series code	Indicates which type of series the heading in the 1xx field represents, if any
	a	Monographic series
	b	Multipart item
	c	Series-like phrase
	n	Not applicable
	z	Other

Source

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/39		Cataloging source code	Indicates the source of the authority data. Code c is used in records contributed through NACO to LC.
		National bibliographic agency
	c	Cooperative cataloging program

Subdiv tp

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/17		Type of subject subdivision	LC uses only n or a fill character to code this position.
008/17	n	Not applicable	LC uses only n or a fill character to code this position.

Subj

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/11		Subject heading system/thesaurus code	Indicates the subject heading system used in establishing the heading. Code a routinely appears not only for special subject headings but also for names and uniform title headings valid for use in subject work as LC-established forms.
	a	Library of Congress subject headings
	b	LC subject headings for children's literature
	n	Not applicable

Subj use

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
008/15		Heading use code-subject added entry	Represents the subject aspect of the heading
	a	Heading appropriate as subject added entry
	b	Heading not appropriate as subject added entry

Type

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description	Comments
Leader/06		Type of record	Indicates the characteristics of and defines the components of the record
Leader/06	z	Authority data

Upd status

OCLC-MARC position	Code	Name or description
008/31		Record update in process code
	a	Record can be used
	b	Record is being updated

Tag groups

Variable fields

Each variable field may have between 1 and 9,999 characters. Variable fields have three parts:

Three-digit codes called tags
Two single-digit indicators
One or more subfields

Tag groups

The system groups variable fields by MARC 21 tags. Tags that begin with the same digit have similar functions. In the following list, xx stands for any numeric value (00-99).

Tag groups and functions - Table

Tag group	Function
0xx	Control numbers, call numbers, coded data
1xx	Established headings
260	Complex see reference (subject)
360	Complex see also reference (subject)
4xx	See from reference
5xx	See also from reference
6xx	Series treatment information, notes, source citations
7xx	Heading linking entries
856	Electronic location and access
9xx	Locally defined headings

Indicators

Indicators supply data for indexing and other system functions. Numbers in the indicator positions have assigned meanings, and in some fields blank () is meaningful. Variable field indicators may have the following combinations:

A number in both positions
A number in one position and a blank space in the other
Two blank spaces

Subfields

Subfields are the smallest logical unit of data in a variable field. Subfield codes (letters or numbers) identify subfields and are preceded by subfield delimiters (‡). Subfields usually have textual descriptions of the authority information, but some contain coded information.

Whenever subfield ‡a is the first subfield, both the delimiter and subfield code are implicit and do not display.

Control subfield ‡w

Subfield ‡w appears only in applicable 4xx, 5xx, and 7xx fields.

4xx and 5xx fields

Control subfield ‡w in the 4xx and 5xx fields contains four character positions (designated as ‡w/0, ‡w/1, etc.). It provides information about a specific relationship between a tracing (4xx or 5xx field) and a heading (1xx field).

Use ‡w to indicate whether special instructions apply to the display of the reference in the 4xx or 5xx field.
Use ‡w to indicate whether a tracing is restricted to the reference structure of a particular type of authority.
Each character position has a list of coded values that pertain to it. See the following table.

The code definitions are position-dependent. If you code any of the character positions ‡w/1-‡w3 with a meaningful value (i.e., a value other than n (not applicable)), you must code all the preceding positions with n as a placeholder. Succeeding positions need not be coded. If all four positions contain n, subfield ‡w does not appear.

Example:
► 400 10 Sayers, Dorothy Leigh, ‡d 1893-1957 ‡w nna

The first two positions are coded n because the third position requires code a. The field contains a form of Sayers' name established under earlier cataloging rules. No code is needed in the fourth position because it does not apply to this tracing.

4xx and 5xx character positions - Table

Position	Code	Description
0		Special Relationship Specifies the relationship between the tracing and the heading
	a	Earlier heading
	b	Later heading
	d	Acronym (pre-1981 records only)
	f	Musical composition (pre-1981 records only)
	g	Broader term
	n	Not applicable
	r	Relationship designation in subfield ‡i or ‡4 (valid in fields 500, 510, 511, and 530 only)
1		Tracing Use Restriction Indicates the authority reference structure in which the tracing is appropriate.
	n	Not applicable
2		Earlier Form of Heading Indicates whether the 4xx field is an earlier form of the heading established in the relevant national authority file or in an authority file other than the national authority file.
	a	Pre-AACR2 form of heading (national name authority file)
	e	Earlier established form of heading (national authority file)
	n	Not applicable
3		Reference Display Enables the generation of suppression of a cross reference from a 4xx or 5xx tracing.
	a	Reference not displayed
	b	Reference not displayed, field 664 used
	c	Reference not displayed, field 663 used
	d	Reference not displayed, field used
	n	Not applicable

7xx fields

Control subfield ‡w in the 7xx fields contains two character positions designated as ‡w/0 and ‡w/1.

7xx character positions - Table

Position	Code	Description
0		Link Display Code Controls the suppression of a link display.
	a	Link not displayed
	b	Link not displayed, field 788 used
	c	Link not displayed, non-7xx field used
	n	Not applicable
1		Replacement Complexity Code Indicates whether heading replacement requires review.
	a	Heading replacement does not require review
	b	Heading replacement requires review
	n	Not applicable