008–Maps Dialog Box

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

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

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).

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.

Relief - One-character alphabetic codes indicate the relief type specified on the item. The codes used in this box indicate only the relief forms most commonly found on maps and are usually derived from information given in field 500. Up to four codes may be recorded. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the map being described. The code for the most important relief aspect is given first. If fewer than four codes are assigned, the codes are left-justified and unused positions contain blanks. If more than four codes are appropriate to an item, only the four most important are recorded.

Projection - A two-character alphabetic code indicates the projection used in producing the item.

Type of cartographic material - Indicates the type of cartographic item being described.

Government publication - Indicates whether the item is published or produced by or for an international, nation, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, describes the jurisdictional level of the agency.

Index - A one-character numeric code indicates whether the item or accompanying material includes a location index or gazetteer. Information for this data element is derived from mention of an index or gazetteer in other parts of the bibliographic record. A map index to adjoining sheets is not considered an index when coding this position. This data element refers only to gazetteers, place name indexes, etc.

Special format characteristics - One-character alphabetic codes identify some of the special format characteristics of a map. Up to two codes may be recorded. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the map being described. The code for the most important special format characteristic is given first. If only one code is assigned, it is left-justified and the unused position contains a blank. If more than two characteristics are appropriate to an item, only the two most important are recorded.

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 or other worded information 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.