008–Continuing Resources Dialog

The 008–Continuing Resources dialog box is used to insert information about the serial as a whole or about special aspects of the 1XX heading or 4XX/5XX tracing fields. The 008–Continuing Resources dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 008 tag in the MARC Editor where LDR/06 contains ‘a’ and LDR/07 contains ‘b’ or ‘s’.

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

Entry date - Six digits 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).

Publication status - 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.

Frequency - Indicates the frequency of a serial. This element is used in conjunction with 008/19 and is based on the information found in field 310.

Regularity - Indicates the intended regularity of a serial. This element is used in conjunction with 008/18 and is based on the information found in field 310. Consider the stated intent of the publisher when coding the regularity.

ISSN center - A one-character code indicates the ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) Network center responsible for assigning and maintaining certain data related to a serial item. ISSN Network data typically includes the ISSN recorded in field 022, the key title recorded in field 222, the abbreviated key title recorded in field 210, and the original alphabet or script of title recorded in 008/33. In cases where the country of publication has changed, the code in 008/20 represents the country currently responsible for maintaining the data assigned.

Type of serial - Indicates the type of serial item.

Form of original item - A one-character alphabetic code specifies the form of material in which a serial was originally published. In cases where the serial is published simultaneously in more than one form, or when it is difficult to determine the originally published form, the first item received or entered in the database is considered the original physical form.

Form of item - A one-character alphabetic code specifies the form of material for the serial item being described.

Nature of entire work - Indicates the nature of a serial if it consists entirely of a certain type of material. It is used to specify what type of publication the item is, as opposed to what the item contains. If the item can be considered more than one type of material, the types are recorded in 008/25-27 and the 008/24 position is coded blank.

Nature of contents - One-character alphabetic codes indicate that a work contains certain types of materials. Generally, a specific code is used only if a significant part of the item is the type of material represented by the code. Information for these character positions is usually derived from other areas of the bibliographic record. Up to three codes may be recorded, in alphabetical order. If fewer than three codes are assigned, the codes are left-justified and unused positions contain blanks.

Nature of contents list - Select a type of material description to place in the Nature of contents position.

Government publication - Indicates whether or not the serial is published or produced by or for an international, national, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, describes the jurisdictional level of the agency.

Conference publication - A one-character numeric code indicates whether or not a serial consists of the proceedings, reports, or summaries of a conference. The following types of publications are not considered conference publications: works composed of or based on a single paper, symposiums in print, hearings of legislative bodies, or courses given in a school.

Original alphabet or script of title - Indicates the original or script of the title on the source item, upon which the key title is based. If there is no key title present, the code value may relate to the title proper. This data element is mandatory for bibliographic records created or updated by one of the centers participating in the International Serials Data System (ISDS). For other non-ISDS records, 008/33 is optional.

Successive/latest entry - A one-character numeric code indicates whether the serial was cataloged according to successive entry or latest entry cataloging conventions.

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 that is 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.