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The UKMARC Manual

The British Library adopted MARC 21 as its cataloguing format in June 2004. Since that date, these pages have not been maintained. Information on our current practices can be found on our Bibliographic Standards pages.

UKMARC tags and fields

There are over 150 individual MARC tags. Choose from the groups of tags listed below to go to full listings complete with individual field names:

TAGS DEFINITION
001-009      Control fields
010-099      Coded and other information
100-244      Main entry access points
245-299      Title and title paragraph
300-399      Physical description
400-499      Series statements
500-599      Notes
600-699      Subject access points
700-799      Added entry access points
800-899      Series access points
900-945      References
946-999      Local fields

For further information please contact:

The British Library
Bibliographic Development
Boston Spa, Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0) 1937 546548
Fax: + 44 (0) 1937 546586
Email: bd-info@bl.uk