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008 - Books (NR)

Character Positions

 

18-21 - Illustrations (006/01-04)

 
♯ - No illustrations a - Illustrations

22 - Target audience (006/05)

 
♯ - Unknown or unspecified j - Juvenile

23 - Form of item (006/06)

 
♯ - None of the following f - Braille
a - Microfilm r - Regular print reproduction
b - Microfiche s - Electronic
d - Large print  

24-27 - Nature of contents (006/07-10)

 
♯ - Not specified m - Theses
a - Abstracts/summaries q - Filmographies
b - Bibliographies r - Directories
c - Catalogs s - Statistics
d - Dictionaries t - Technical reports
e - Encyclopedias u - Standards/specifications
f - Handbooks 5 - Calendars
i - Indexes 6 - Comics/Graphic Novels
k - Discographies  

28 - Government publication (006-11)

 
♯ - Not a government publication l - Local
c - Multilocal m - Multistate
f - Federal/national s - State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
i - International intergovernmental z - Other

29 - Conference publication (006/12)

 
0 - Not a conference publication 1 - Conference publication

30 - Festschrift (006/13)

 
0 - Not a festschrift 1 - Festschrift

31 - Index (006/14)

 
| - No attempt to code  

32 - Undefined (006/15)

 
♯ - Undefined  

33 - Literary form (006/16)

 
0 - Not fiction (not further specified) | - No attempt to code
1 - Fiction (not further specified)  

34 - Biography (006/17)

 
♯ - No biographical material c - Collective biography
a - Autobiography d - Contains biographical information
b - Individual biography  
MARC21 in use at the Swiss National Library