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MARC codes used in Libraries Australia
The following codes used in cataloguing on the ANBD vary from MARC 21.
Australian country codes
The country code is a two- or three-character MARC code which is entered in 008/15-17 to indicate the place of publication, production, or execution. The following codes specific to Australia are used in the Libraries Australia database. All other codes including Australian accepted MARC 21 codes can be found in MARC Code List for Countries.
| Name | Code | Accepted MARC
21 codes |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | at | MARC 21 |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | axa | |
| Australian Capital Territory | aca | MARC 21 |
| Christmas Island | xaa | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | xba | |
| Coral Sea Islands Territory | xga | MARC 21 |
| Heard and McDonald Islands | hma | |
| New South Wales | xna | MARC 21 |
| Norfolk Island | nxa | |
| Northern Territory | xoa | MARC 21 |
| Queensland | qea | MARC 21 |
| South Australia | xra | MARC 21 |
| Tasmania | tma | MARC 21 |
| Victoria | vra | MARC 21 |
| Western Australia | wea | MARC 21 |
Geographic area codes
The geographic area code is used in the 043 field. The following list of geographic areas and their associated seven-character codes contains AUSMARC codes which are not standard MARC 21 codes. Currently only Australian libraries use these codes, which are mainly third level codes for Indonesia and Malaysia e.g. a-io-ba, a-my-se. (The MARC 21 standard provides only second level codes for Indonesia and Malaysia i.e. a-io---, a-my---.) The MARC 21 codes can be found at the MARC Code List for Geographic Areas.
Australian libraries should bear in mind that they use AUSMARC codes at their own risk, as the status of the AUSMARC codes may change. In the future they may be approved by MARBI as standard MARC 21 codes, or their use in Libraries Australia may be discontinued.
When searching in Libraries Australia, remember to search on both the country level code e.g. a-io---, the regional code e.g. a-io-ba and the truncated country code to retrieve all possible hits.
Part I: Name Sequence
AB CDE FG H I JKL MN O P Q RST U V W X Y Z
| Aceh [a-io-ac] | |
| Alor | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Timur | |
| Andalas | |
| USE Sumatera | |
| Andalas Selatan | |
| USE Sumatera Selatan | |
| Andalas Utara | |
| USE Sumatera Utara | |
| Bali [a-io-ba] | |
| Batavia | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Bengkulu [a-io-be] | |
| Borneo, Indonesian | |
| USE Kalimantan | |
| Borneo, Malaysian | |
| USE Sabah dan Sarawak | |
| British North Borneo | |
| USE Sabah | |
| Celebes | |
| USE Sulawesi | |
| Central Australia [u-atc--] | |
| Central Java | |
| USE Jawa Tengah | |
| Central Kalimantan | |
| USE Kalimantan Tengah | |
| Central Sulawesi | |
| USE Sulawesi Tengah | |
| Djakarta | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Djambi | |
| USE Jambi | |
| Djawa Barat | |
| USE Jawa Barat | |
| Djawa, Pulau | |
| USE Jawa | |
| Djawa Tengah | |
| USE Jawa Tengah | |
| Djawa Timur | |
| USE Jawa Timur | |
| Djogjakarta | |
| USE Yogyakarta | |
| Djogkarta | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Djokjakarta | |
| USE Yogyakarta | |
| Dki Jakarta | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Dutch New Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Timur | |
| East Java | |
| USE Jawa Timur | |
| East Kalimantan | |
| USE Kalimantan Timur | |
| East Malaysia | |
| USE Sabah dan Sarawak | |
| East Nusa Tenggara | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Timur | |
| East Timor [a-em---] [MARC 21 code] |
|
| UF Portuguese Timor Timor Timur Timor-Leste |
|
| Eastern Australia [u-ate--] | |
| Federated Malay States (1895-1946) | |
| USE Negri Sembilan Pahang Perak Selangor |
|
| Flores | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Timur | |
| Greater Sunda Islands | |
| USE Jawa Kalimantan Sulawesi Sumatera |
|
| Irian Barat | |
| USE Papua | |
| Irian Jaya | |
| USE Papua | |
| Jacarta | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Jakarta [a-io-jk] | |
| UF Batavia Djakarta Djogkarta Dki Jakarta Jacarta Jogkarta |
|
| Jambi [a-io-ja] | |
| UF Sri Indrapura Djambi |
|
| Java | |
| USE Jawa | |
| Java Barat | |
| USE Jawa Barat | |
| Java Tengah | |
| USE Jawa Tengah | |
| Java Timur | |
| USE Jawa Timur | |
| Jawa [a-ioj--] | |
| UF Djawa, Pulau Java Jawa, Pulau |
|
| Jawa Barat [a-io-jb} | |
| UF Djawa Barat Java Barat West Java |
|
| Jawa, Pulau | |
| USE Jawa | |
| Jawa Tengah [a-io-jt] | |
| UF Central Java Djawa Tengah Java Tengah |
|
| Jawa Timur [a-io-ji] | |
| UF Djawa Timur East Java Java Timur |
|
| Jogjakarta | |
| USE Yogyakarta | |
| Jogkarta | |
| USE Jakarta | |
| Jogyakarta | |
| USE Yogyakarta | |
| Johor [a-my-jo] | |
| UF Johore |
|
| Johore | |
| USE Johor | |
| Jokyakarta | |
| USE Yogyakarta | |
| Kalimantan [a-iok--] | |
| UF Borneo, Indonesian Kalimanten |
|
| Kalimantan Barat [a-io-kb] | |
| UF West Kalimantan |
|
| Kalimantan Selatan [a-io-ks] | |
| UF South Kalimantan |
|
| Kalimantan Tengah [a-io-kt] | |
| UF Central Kalimantan |
|
| Kalimantan Timur [a-io-ki] | |
| UF East Kalimantan |
|
| Kalimanten | |
| USE Kalimantan | |
| Kedah [a-my-ke] | |
| Kelantan [a-my-kn] | |
| Kuala Lumpur [a-my-kl] | |
| Lampung [a-io-la] | |
| Lesser Soendas | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara | |
| Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara | |
| Lombok | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Barat | |
| Madura | |
| USE Jawa Timur | |
| Malacca | |
| USE Melaka | |
| Malaysia Barat | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia | |
| Malaysia Timor | |
| USE Sabah dan Sarawak | |
| Maluka | |
| USE Maluku | |
| Maluku [a-io-ma] | |
| UF Maluka Moluccas Muluku |
|
| Melaka [a-my-me] | |
| UF Malacca |
|
| Moluccas | |
| USE Maluku | |
| Muluku | |
| USE Maluku | |
| Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee | |
| USE Papua | |
| Negri Sembilan [a-my-ns] | |
| Netherlands New Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| Netherlands Nieuw-Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| New Guinea, West | |
| USE Papua | |
| Nieuw-Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| Nieuw-Guinee | |
| USE Papua | |
| North Borneo | |
| USE Sabah | |
| North Sulawesi | |
| USE Sulawesi Utara | |
| North Sumatra | |
| USE Sumatera Utara | |
| Northern Australia [u-atn--] | |
| Nusa Tenggara [a-ion--] | |
| UF Lesser Sunda Islands Lesser Soendas Pulau-pulau Sunda Ketjil Southeastern Islands (Nusa Tenggara includes Bali, Flores, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, West Timor) |
|
| Nusa Tenggara Barat [a-io-nb] | |
| UF West Nusa Tenggara |
|
| Nusa Tenggara Timur [a-io-nt] | |
| UF East Nusa Tenggara |
|
| Pahang[a-my-pa] | |
| Pantai Barat | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Barat | |
| Papua [a-io-ij] [Called Irian Jaya before December 2001] |
|
| UF Dutch New Guinea Irian Barat Irian Jaya Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinee Netherlands New Guinea Netherlands Nieuw-Guinea New Guinea, West Nieuw-Guinee Nieuw-Guinea Tanah Papua West Irian West New Guinea |
|
| Penang | |
| USE Pulau Pinang | |
| Peninsular Malaysia | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia | |
| Perak [a-my-pr] | |
| Perlis [a-my-pl] | |
| Pinang | |
| USE Pulau Pinang | |
| Portuguese Timor | |
| USE East Timor | |
| Pulau Pinang [a-my-pp] | |
| UF Penang Pinang |
|
| Pulau Sulawesi | |
| USE Sulawesi | |
| Pulau Sumatera | |
| USE Sumatera | |
| Pulau-pulau Sunda Ketjil | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara | |
| Riau [a-io-ri] | |
| UF Riauw Riouw |
|
| Riauw | |
| USE Riau | |
| Riouw | |
| USE Riau | |
| Sabah [a-my-sa] | |
| UF British North Borneo North Borneo |
|
| Sabah dan Sarawak [a-mya--] | |
| UF Borneo, Malaysian East Malaysia Malaysia Timor |
|
| Sarawak [a-my-sr] | |
| UF Serawak |
|
| Selangor [a-my-se] | |
| Selebes | |
| USE Sulawesi | |
| Semenanjung Malaysia [a-mys--] | |
| UF Malaysia Barat Peninsular Malaysia Tanah Melayu West Malaysia |
|
| Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Barat [a-myp--] | |
| UF Pantai Barat West Coast Division West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
|
| Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Timur [a-myt--] | |
| UF East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia |
|
| Serawak | |
| USE Sarawak | |
| South Kalimantan | |
| USE Kalimantan Selatan | |
| South Sulawesi | |
| USE Sulawesi Selatan | |
| South Sumatra | |
| USE Sumatera Selatan | |
| Southeast Sulawesi | |
| USE Sulawesi Tenggara | |
| Southeastern Islands | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara | |
| Sri Indrapura | |
| USE Jambi | |
| Straits Settlements | |
| USE Melaka Pulau Pinang Singapore [MARC 21 code] |
|
| Sulawesi [a-iol--] | |
| UF Celebes Pulau Sulawesi Selebes |
|
| Sulawesi Selatan [a-io-sn] | |
| UF South Sulawesi |
|
| Sulawesi Tengah [a-io-st] | |
| UF Central Sulawesi |
|
| Sulawesi Tenggara [a-io-sg] | |
| UF Southeast Sulawesi |
|
| Sulawesi Utara [a-io-sa] | |
| UF North Sulawesi |
|
| Sumatera [a-ios--] | |
| UF Andalas Pulau Sumatera Sumatra |
|
| Sumatera Barat [a-io-sb] | |
| UF Sumatra Barat West Sumatra |
|
| Sumatera Selatan [a-io-ss] | |
| UF Andalas Selatan South Sumatra Sumatra Selatan |
|
| Sumatera Utara [a-io-su] | |
| UF Andalas Utara North Sumatra Sumatra Utara |
|
| Sumatra | |
| USE Sumatera | |
| Sumatra Barat | |
| USE Sumatera Barat | |
| Sumatra Selatan | |
| USE Sumatera Selatan | |
| Sumatra Utara | |
| USE Sumatera Utara | |
| Sumba | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Timur | |
| Sumbawa | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Barat | |
| Sunda Ketjil | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara | |
| Tanah Melayu | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia | |
| Tanah Papua | |
| USE Papua | |
| Terengganu | |
| USE Trengganu | |
| Timor-Leste | |
| USE East Timor | |
| Timor Timur | |
| USE East Timor | |
| Trengganu [a-my-tr] | |
| UF Terengganu |
|
| Unfederated Malay States | |
| USE Johor Kedah Kelantan Perlis Trengganu |
|
| West Coast Division | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Barat | |
| West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Barat | |
| West Irian | |
| USE Papua | |
| West Java | |
| USE Jawa Barat | |
| West Kalimantan | |
| USE Kalimantan Barat | |
| West Malaysia | |
| USE Semenanjung Malaysia | |
| West New Guinea | |
| USE Papua | |
| West Nusa Tenggara | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Barat | |
| West Sumatra | |
| USE Sumatera Barat | |
| West Timor | |
| USE Nusa Tenggara Timur | |
| Yogyakarta [a-io-yo] | |
| UF Djogjakarta Djokjakarta Jogjakarta Jogyakarta Jokjakarta Jokyakarta |
|
Part II: Code Sequence
| Code | Geographic Area |
|---|---|
| a-em--- [MARC 21 code] |
East Timor [Coded a-pt--- (Portuguese Timor) before 21 April 1980; coded a-io-tt (Timor Timur) from 1980-Sept. 2002] |
| a-io-ac | Aceh |
| a-io-ba | Bali |
| a-io-be | Bengkulu |
| a-io-ij | Papua |
| a-io-ja | Jambi |
| a-io-jb | Jawa Barat |
| a-io-ji | Jawa Timur |
| a-io-jk | Jakarta |
| a-io-jt | Jawa Tengah |
| a-io-kb | Kalimantan Barat |
| a-io-ki | Kalimantan Timur |
| a-io-ks | Kalimantan Selatan |
| a-io-kt | Kalimantan Tengah |
| a-io-la | Lampung |
| a-io-ma | Maluku |
| a-io-nb | Nusa Tenggara Barat |
| a-io-nt | Nusa Tenggara Timur |
| a-io-ri | Riau |
| a-io-sa | Sulawesi Utara |
| a-io-sb | Sumatera Barat |
| a-io-sg | Sulawesi Tenggara |
| a-io-sn | Sulawesi Selatan |
| a-io-ss | Sumatera Selatan |
| a-io-st | Sulawesi Tengah |
| a-io-su | Sumatera Utara |
| a-io-yo | Yogyakarta |
| a-ioj-- | Jawa |
| a-iok-- | Kalimantan |
| a-iol-- | Sulawesi |
| a-ion-- | Nusa Tenggara |
| a-ios-- | Sumatera |
| a-my-jo | Johor |
| a-my-ke | Kedah |
| a-my-kl | Kuala Lumpur |
| a-my-kn | Kelantan |
| a-my-me | Melaka |
| a-my-ns | Negri Sembilan |
| a-my-pa | Pahang |
| a-my-pl | Perlis |
| a-my-pp | Pulau Pinang |
| a-my-pr | Perak |
| a-my-sa | Sabah |
| a-my-se | Selangor |
| a-my-sr | Sarawak |
| a-my-tr | Trengganu |
| a-mya-- | Sabah dan Sarawak |
| a-myp-- | Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Barat |
| a-mys-- | Semenanjung Malaysia |
| a-myt-- | Semenanjung Malaysia, Pantai Timur |
| u-atc-- | Central Australia |
| u-ate-- | Eastern Australia |
| u-atn-- | Northern Australia |
Language codes
The language code is a three-character MARC code which is entered in 008/35-37 to indicate the language of the item. The following codes, which vary from MARC 21, are used in the Libraries Australia database. All other codes can be found in MARC Code List for Languages.
| Name | Code (used in Libraries Australia) | Code (used in MARC 21) |
|---|---|---|
| Papuan (Other) | pap | paa |
| Papiamento | pai | pap |

