Country Codes Table

To edit the Country Codes table, you must be assigned permission 653 (Edit Country Codes). If you are assigned permission 651 (View System Parameters) but not 653, you can view this table but cannot edit it. See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

The Country Codes table provides descriptive names for each of the MARC country codes used on the system. MARC country codes are used in the COUNTRY and 008 fields.

You can access the Country Codes table using the following menu path:

Admin | Parameters | General | Country Codes

For information on modifying this table, see Maintaining System Parameter Tables.

Because the system automatically orders entries in the Country Codes table alphabetically by code, the Move tool is unavailable when editing this table.

For more information, see Functionality Information and Data Elements.

Functionality Information

When viewing and modifying the Country Codes table, note the following:

Maximum Number of Entries: The Country Codes table can contain a maximum of 500 entries.
Default Country Codes Table Available: You can contact Innovative to request an updated default Country Codes table.

Data Elements

Entries in the Country Codes table contain the following data elements:

Element	Description
Code	The one- to three-character MARC code for the country. You cannot edit this element for an existing entry. You must delete the entry and append or insert a new entry with the corrected code.
Name	A descriptive name of up to 27 characters (Sierra 5.0 and earlier) or 255 characters (Sierra 5.1 and later).