Conversion Chart for Authority Record Fixed Field Codes

SIRSI DEFINITION RLIN OCLC MARC NOTIS
ENTRD Date Entered DF Entrd 008/00-05 DT
Revision date TD Used 005 R/DT
STATUS Record status in SIRSI
ENC_LVL Encoding Level EL Enclvl E/LEV
SOURCE Cataloging Source Code CSC Source 008/39 SRC
<deleted> Language <deleted> Lang <deleted> LANG
ROMAN Romanization scheme ROM Roman 008/07 ROM
MOD_REC Modified record MOD Modrec 008/38 MOD
UNIQNAM Undifferentiated name UPN Name 008/32 UNIQUE
GOVT_A Type of government agency TGA Govtagn 008/28 GOVT
SYS/THE Subject heading system SBC Subj 008/11 S/SYS
DIR/IND Geographic subdivision DID Geosubd 008/06 D/I
SUBDIV Type of subject subdivision TSS 008/17 SUBD
SER_NUM Numbered/Unnumbered Series SRN Sernum 008/13 NUM
SER_TYP Type of series SRT Series 008/12 S/TYP
NAME_US Use code: Name NMU Head(1) 008/14 NAME
SUBJ_US Use code: Subject SBU Head(2) 008/15 SUBJ
SER_USE Use code: Series SRU Head(3) 008/16 SER
AUTHTYP Kind of Record KRC Auth/Ref 008/09 KIND
LEVL_ES Status of authority heading STH AuthStatus 008/33 H/ESTAB
REF_EVA Reference Evaluation Code RFE RefStatus 008/29 T/EVAL
UPD_PRO Record update in progress UIP Updstatus 008/31
RULES Cataloging rules CRC Rules 008/10
REC_TYP Type of record Leader/06 RT




Authority Record Fixed Fields

REC_TYP
Type of Record
z Authority data
ENC_LVL
Encoding level
n Complete authority record
o Incomplete authority record
STATUS
n
ENTRD
Date Entered
Date the record was first entered in machine-readable form in the pattern
yymmdd
DIR/IND
Geographic subdivision
blank Not subdivided geographically
d Subdivided geographically direct
i Subdivided geographically indirect
n Not applicable

ROMAN
Romanization scheme
a International standard
b National standard
c National library association standard
d National library or bibliographic agency standard
e Local standard
f Standard of unknown origin
g Conventional romanization
n Not applicable

AUTHTYP
Kind of record
a Established heading
f Established heading and subdivision
d Subdivision
b Untraced reference
c Traced reference
g Reference and subdivision
e Node label
RULES
Descriptive cataloging rules
c AACR2
d AACR2 Compatible
b AACR1
a Earlier rules
z Other
n Not applicable

SYS/THE
Subject heading system/thesaurus
a Library of Congress Subject Headings
b LC subject headings for children's literature
c Medical subject headings
d National Agricultural Library subject headings
k Canadian Subject Headings
v Repertoire des vedettes-maitere
r Art and Architecture Thesaurus
z Other
n Not applicable

SER_TYP
Type of series
a Monographic series
b Multi-part bitem
c Series-like phrase
z Other
n Not applicable

SER_NUM
Numbered or Unnumbered series
a Numbered
b Unnumbered
c Numbering varies
n Not applicable

NAME_US
Heading Use code: Name
a Appropriate
b Not appropriate

SUBJ_US
Heading Use code: Subject
a Appropriate
b Not appropriate

SER_USE
Heading Use code: Series
a Appropriate
b Not appropriate

SUBDIV
Type of subject subdivision
a Topical
b Form
c Chronological
d Geographic
e Language
n Not applicable

GOVT_A
Type of government agency
blank Not a government agency
i International intergovernmental
f Federal/National
a Autonomus or semi-autonomous component of Malaysia
s State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
m Multi-state
c Multilocal
l Local
z Other
o Government agency type undetermined
u Unknown if heading is government agency

REF_EVA
Reference evaluation
a Tracings are consistent with the heading
b Tracings are not necessarily consistent with the heading
n Not applicable

UPD_PRO
Record update in progress
a Record can be used
b Record is being updated

UNIQNAM
Undifferentiated personal name
a Differentiated personal name
b Undifferentiated personal name
n Not applicable

LEVL_ES
Level of establishment
a Fully established
b Memorandum
c Provisional
d Preliminary
n Not applicable

MOD_REC
Modified record
blank Not modified
s Shortened
x Missing characters

SOURCE
Cataloging source
blank Library of Congress
a National Agricultural Libray
b National Library of Medicine
c Library of Congress cooperative cataloging program
d Other sources
u Unknown