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MARC 21 Concise Holdings: Multiscript Records
This section describes and illustrates models for recording data in multiple scripts in MARC records. One script may be considered the primary script of the data content of the record, even though other scripts are also used for data content. (Note: ASCII is used for the structural elements of the record, and most coded data are also specified within the ASCII range of characters.) The general models for multiscript data that are followed with MARC 21 are described below.
Information
for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red indicate changes made after
the 2003 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are
included
in the 2004 printed edition
of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.
Multiscript Record Models
- Model A: Vernacular and transliteration.
- The regular fields may contain data in different scripts and in the vernacular or transliteration of the data. Fields 880 are used when data needs to be duplicated to express it in both the original vernacular script and transliterated into one or more scripts. There may be unlinked 880 fields.
Model B: Simple multiscript records.- All data is contained in regular fields and script varies depending on the requirements of the data. Repeatability specifications of all fields should be followed. Although the Model B record may contain transliterated data, Model A is preferred if the same data is recorded in both the original vernacular script and transliteration. Field 880 is not used.
Example Conventions
Although the data in the following records is taken from actual holdings records, these records are included for illustration only and are not necessarily usable for holdings purposes. The creator of the holdings data is not specified in these sample records. Escape sequences are not included in the example records.
MODEL A - VERNACULAR AND TRANSLITERATION
In this example, the language of cataloging is English language (Latin script) and the language of the location is Russian (Cyrillic script). The cataloging agency provides transliteration of the Cyrillic script data into the Latin script.
040 |
##$a***$beng$c*** |
066 |
##$c(N |
852 |
##$6880-01$aRossiiskii tsentr khraneniíà i dokumentov noveishei istorii |
880 |
##$6852-01/(N$a[Location in Cyrillic] |
MODEL B - SIMPLE MULTISCRIPT RECORDS
This example is a multiscript record that follows Model B. Here, the language of cataloging is English (Latin script) and the language of the location is Russian (Cyrillic script).
040 |
##$a***$beng$c*** |
852 |
##$a[Location in Cyrillic] |
852 |
##$aRossiiskii tsentr khraneniíà i dokumentov noveishei istorii |

