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