008–Computer Files Dialog Box

The 008–Computer Files dialog box is used to insert information about the computer file as a whole or about special aspects of the 1XX heading or 4XX/5XX tracing fields. The 008–Computer Files dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 008 tag in the MARC Editor and LDR/06 contains ‘m’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 008 tag for a computer file:

Entry date - Six digit characters specify the date the record was first entered into machine-readable form. The date is given in the pattern yymmdd 
(yy for the year, mm for the month, and dd for the day).

Type of date - A one-character alphabetic code that categorizes the type of date given in character positions 008/07-10 and 008/11-14. For serially-issued items, the code in 008/06 also indicates the publication status.

Date 1 - Four digits that indicate a date appropriate for the type of item being recorded. Missing digits are represented by the character u. For most records, the date is derived from information in field 260, field 362, or from note fields. For serially issued items, this box contains the beginning date of publication (chronological designation). For reprints of serials and for reproductions of serials being described in the body of the entry, the beginning date is entered in this position.

Date 2 - Four digits that indicate a date appropriate for the type of item being recorded. Missing digits are represented by the character u. For most records, the date is derived from information in field 260, field 362, or from note fields. For serially issued items, this box contains the ending date of publication (chronological designation). For reprints of serials and for reproductions of serials being described in the body of the entry, the ending date is entered in this position.

Place of publication - A two- or three-character alphabetic code indicates the place of publication, production, or execution. The place code is an authoritative-agency data element. The source of the code is the MARC 21 Code List for Countries that is maintained by the Library of Congress. Choice of a MARC 21 code is generally related to information in field 260.

Audience - A one-character alphabetic code describes the target audience for which the material is intended. It is used primarily for educational computer file materials. When items with factual content are considered appropriate for more than one target audience, the code indicates the primary target audience. If the record has both reading grade and interest age or interest grade level information present in the 521 field, 008/22 is coded based on the interest age or interest grade information.

Type of computer file - Indicates the type of computer file being described. The specific type of file is also described in textual form in field 516.

Government publication - Indicates whether or not the computer file is published or produced by or for an international, national, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body. The code also describes the jurisdictional level of the government agency associated with the item.

Language - A three-character alphabetic code indicates the language of the item. The source of the code is the MARC 21 Code List of Languages maintained by the Library of Congress. Choice of a MARC 21 code is based on the predominant language of the item. When an item contains text, etc., in more than one language, or is a translation, textual information regarding the language is usually given in field 500 or field 546. If more than one language code is appropriate, all appropriate codes are given in field 04 and the first one is recorded in 008/35-37.

Modified record - Indicates whether any data on a bibliographic record is a modification of information that appeared on the item being cataloged or that was intended to be included in the machine-readable record. Such modifications include: the romanization of data that originally appeared in a non-roman script, substitution of characters available for those characters that could not be converted to machine-readable form, or shortening of records because the amount of data exceeded a system-imposed, maximum-allowable length.

Cataloging source - Indicates the original cataloging source A code stored in tag 040 $a that tells who created the record. These codes are governed by the MARC code list for libraries. of the record. If the cataloging source is known, it is identified in subfield ‡a of field 040.