007–Video Recording Dialog Box

The 007–Video Recording dialog box is used to insert special information about the physical characteristics of the video recording. The 007 Video Recording dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 007 tag in the MARC Editor and the first position of the fixed field contains ‘v’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 007 tag for a video recording:

Category of material - Indicates the category of material to which the item belongs.

Specific material designation - Indicates the specific material designation of the item. The specific material designation describes the special class of material (usually the class of physical object) to which an item belongs.

Color - Indicates the color characteristics of the item.

Video recording format - Indicates the recording format for videotapes or videodiscs. If a bibliographic record for a video recording describes various available formats, a separate 007 field Physical Description, Fixed Field - This field contains special information about the physical characteristics in a coded form. The information may represent the whole item or parts of an item such as accompanying material.   The data elements in field 007 are positionally defined and the number of character positions in field 007 depends upon the code contained in 007/00. Character position 00 contains a code that identifies the category of material. The fill character (|) is not allowed in this position. The fill character may be used in any other character position when the cataloging agency makes no attempt to code the position.   The categories of material for which field 007 is applicable in bibliographic records are presented in the following order in the field description: map, electronic resource, globe, tactile material, projected graphic, microform, nonprojected graphic, motion picture, kit, notated music, remote-sensing image, sound recording, text, videorecording, and unspecified. is needed for each.

Sound on medium or separate - Indicates whether the sound is on the item or separate from the item.

Medium for sound - Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound of an item, whether that sound is carried on the item itself or is in the form of accompanying material. It also indicates the type of sound playback required for the item. This character position is used in conjunction with the information coded in 007/05 and 007/07.

Dimensions - Indicates the width of the video recording.

Configuration of playback channels - Indicates the configuration of playback channels. These codes do not refer to the configuration of channels originally recorded unless those channels are all intended to be available on playback.