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On October 10, 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved, resulting in two new constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Curaao and Sint Maarten (Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The remaining islands of the Netherlands Antilles.Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (or the "BES islands") joined the Kingdom of the Netherlands as three special municipalities collectively administered by the National Office for the Caribbean Netherlands. As the result of the Netherlands Antilles being dissolved, new country and geographic area codes are being defined for use in MARC records.
The coding for Netherlands Antilles, country code na and GAC nwna, will remain valid only for items prior to December 2011.
1. MARC country code changes
The new country codes are:
2. MARC geographic area code changes
The new geographic area code is:
On July 15, 2007, the French island communes of Saint-Barthlemy and Saint-Martin separated from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe to become two separate overseas territorial collectivities of France. As the result of this separation, new country and geographic area codes are being defined for use in MARC records.
1. MARC country code changes
The new country codes are:
2. MARC geographic area code changes
The new geographic area code is:
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes in all distribution services not earlier than February 6, 2012.
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Library Cataloging
Additions to the MARC Country and Geographic Area Code Lists
On October 10, 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved, resulting in two new constituent countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Curaao and Sint Maarten (Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a separate country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands). The remaining islands of the Netherlands Antilles.Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (or the "BES islands") joined the Kingdom of the Netherlands as three special municipalities collectively administered by the National Office for the Caribbean Netherlands. As the result of the Netherlands Antilles being dissolved, new country and geographic area codes are being defined for use in MARC records.
The coding for Netherlands Antilles, country code na and GAC nwna, will remain valid only for items prior to December 2011.
1. MARC country code changes
The new country codes are:
- co
- Curaao
- sn
- Sint Maarten
- ca
- Caribbean Netherlands
2. MARC geographic area code changes
The new geographic area code is:
- nwsn
- Sint Maarten
On July 15, 2007, the French island communes of Saint-Barthlemy and Saint-Martin separated from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe to become two separate overseas territorial collectivities of France. As the result of this separation, new country and geographic area codes are being defined for use in MARC records.
1. MARC country code changes
The new country codes are:
- sc
- Saint-Barthlemy
- st
- Saint-Martin
2. MARC geographic area code changes
The new geographic area code is:
- nwsc
- Saint-Barthlemy
Subscribers can anticipate receiving MARC records reflecting these changes in all distribution services not earlier than February 6, 2012.
- Additions To The Marc Country And Geographic Area Code Lists
Image via WikipediaAs the result of the split of Republic of the Sudan (or conventional short form: Sudan) into Sudan and South Sudan in July 2011, new country and geographic area codes are being defined for use in MARC records. The coding for Republic...
- Additions To The Marc Country And Geographic Area Code Lists
As the result of Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia in February 2008, new country and geographic area codes have been defined for use in MARC records.MARC country code change The new country code is:kvKosovoKosovo was previously coded rb for Serbia...
- Additions To The Marc Country And Geographic Area Code Lists
As the result of both Montenegro and Serbia declaring independence from the state union of Serbia and Montenegro in June 2006, new country and geographic area codes have been defined for use in MARC records. 1. MARC country code changes The new country...
- Additions To Marc Code List For Languages
The following codes have been approved for use in the international language code standard, ISO 639-2 (Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages--Part 2: alpha-3 code) and are also being added to the MARC Code List for Languages. New code Language...
- Additions To The Marc Country And Geographic Area Code Lists
The codes listed below have been approved for use in MARC 21 records. They include MARC country and geographic area codes for states and territories in Australia requested by the National Library of Australia. From 1972 until the adoption of USMARC as...