MARC 007--Videorecordings
Compiled by Karen A. Plummer
- Videorecording:
- A recording on which visual images, usually in motion and accompanied by sound, have been registered, and which are designed for playback on a television receiver or video monitor.
Source: MARC 21 Concise Bibliographic: Control Field 007
http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbd007s.html#mrcb007v
Local notes:
You can include multiple 007 tags if the resource includes more than one item. Subfields a, b, d, and h are mandatory. No subfield is repeatable within a single tag.
The codes used most often in videotape cataloging are highlighted in Green with a Yellow background, while the DVD codes are highlighted in Pink with a Blue background. Codes common to both formats are highlighted in Navy with a Gray background.
In the following document, blank is indicated by # (pound sign); the fill character is indicated by | (vertical bar).
Subfields
- ‡a - Category of material
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- v - Videorecording
- ‡b - Specific material designation
- Indicates the special class of videorecording to which an item belongs.
- c - Videocartridge
- d - Videodisc
- f - Videocassette
- r - Videoreel
- u - Unspecified
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡c - Undefined
- Each contains a blank (#) or fill character (|)
- ‡d - Color
- Indicates the color characteristics of a videorecording.
- a - One color
- b - Black-and-white
- c - Multicolored
- m - Mixed
- n - Not applicable [The item has no images, e.g., a videorecording with sound only]
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡e - Videorecording format
- Indicates the videotape or videodisc recording format.
- a - Beta (1/2 in., videocassette)
- b - VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- c - U-matic (3/4 in., videocassette)
- d - EIAJ (1/2 in., reel)
- e - Type C (1 in., reel)
- f - Quadruplex (1 in. or 2 in., reel)
- g - Laserdisc
- h - CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) videodisc
- i - Betacam (1/2 in., videocassette)
- j - Betacam SP (1/2 in., videocassette)
- k - Super-VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
- m - M-II (1/2 in., videocassette)
- o - D-2 (3/4 in., videocassette)
- p - 8 mm.
- q - Hi-8 mm.
- u - Unknown
- v - DVD
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡f - Sound on medium or separate
- Indicates whether the sound is on or is separate from the videorecording.
- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Sound on medium
- b - Sound separate from medium
- u - Unknown
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡g - Medium for sound
- Indicates the specific medium used to carry the sound (whether the sound is on the videorecording or separate) and the type of sound playback required.
- # - No sound (silent)
- a - Optical sound track on motion picture film
- b - Magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- c - Magnetic audio tape in cartridge
- d - Sound disc
- e - Magnetic audio tape on reel
- f - Magnetic audio tape in cassette
- g - Optical and magnetic sound track on motion picture film
- h - Videotape
- i - Videodisc
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡h - Dimensions
- Indicates the width of the videorecording.
- a - 8 mm.
- m - 1/4 in.
- o - 1/2 in.
- p - 1 in.
- q - 2 in.
- r - 3/4 in.
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code
- ‡i - Configuration of playback channels
- Indicates the configuration of intended playback channels for the sound portion of the videorecording.
- k - Mixed [More than one configuration on a single videorecording]
- m - Monaural
- n - Not applicable [Videorecording has no sound or sound is on separate medium]
- q - Quadraphonic, multichannel, or surround
- s - Stereophonic
- u - Unknown
- z - Other
- | - No attempt to code