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- LC CATALOGING NEWSLINE
- Online Newsletter of the Cataloging Directorate
- Library of Congress
- Volume 1, no. 3 ISSN 1066-8829 March 1993
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- CONTENTS
-
- 1. Czech Republic and Slovakia
- 2. Country Codes for New Republics from Yugoslavia
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- CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA
-
- The Library of Congress has decided upon the headings for the
- two new soverign nations created from the former Czechoslovakia.
- The headings will be Czech Republic and Slovakia.
-
- Czech Republic is valid for the sovereign nation created
- January 1, 1993, and for the entity that was one of the component
- parts of the former Czechoslovakia for the period 1990-1992. The
- heading used for the component part, Czech Republic
- (Czechoslovakia), is no longer valid. That authority record (n
- 90-718759) has been revised to refer to the sovereign nation.
-
- Slovakia is valid for the sovereign nation created January 1,
- 1993, the independent republic 1939-1945, and the pre-1918 entity
- belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Since the new nation is
- also referred to in English as the Slovak Republic and that form is
- a valid name heading for the component part of the former
- Czechoslovakia for the period 1990-1992, a reference has been added
- to the name authority record for Slovakia (n 50-075233) in the
- form Slovak Republic (1993- ). In subject cataloging work,
- Slovakia will also be used for the period 1990-1992.
-
- Related to the creation of these new nations, two new country
- codes are being added to the USMARC CODE LIST FOR COUNTRIES. The
- new code for the Czech Republic is xr; the new code for Slovakia is
- xo. The code for the former Czechoslovakia (cs) will be made
- obsolete.
-
- As noted in LC CATALOGING NEWSLINE, volume 1, no. 2, the new
- geographic area codes for the Czech Republic and Slovakia are e-xr
- and e-xo respectively.
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- COUNTRY CODES FOR NEW REPUBLICS FROM YUGOSLAVIA
-
- Four new country codes have also been created for USMARC CODE
- LIST FOR COUNTRIES for the four newly independent nations that were
- part of Yugoslavia. The new code for Bosnia and Hercegovina is bn;
- for Croatia, ci; for Macedonia (Republic), xn; and for Slovenia,
- xv.
-
- The code for Yugoslavia (yu) will continue to be used for the
- republics of Montenegro and Serbia.
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- LC CATALOGING NEWSLINE (ISSN 1066-8829) is published at least
- quarterly by the Cataloging Directorate, Collections Services,
- Library of Congress, and contains news of cataloging activities
- throughout the Library of Congress. Editorial Office: Cataloging
- Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 20540-4305. Editor, Robert M. Hiatt; Assistant Editor, Rebecca S.
- Guenther. Address inquiries to the editor at the above address or
- hiatt@mail.loc.gov (eMail) or (202) 707-5831 (voice).
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