1 Full level, material not examined The information used in creating the record is derived from an extant description of the item without reinspection of the physical item. This code is used primarily in the retrospective conversion of records when all of the information on the extant description is transcribed. Certain control field coding and other data elements are based only on explicit information in the description. This code is used primarily in the retrospective conversion of records when all of the descriptive access points but only a specified subset of other data elements are transcribed. Authoritative headings may not be current.
Headings reflect established forms.
A nonserial record created in a Cataloging in Publication program or a serial prepublication record created by the National Serials Data Program. Code u is not used in newly input or updated records. Not applicable The encoding level concept does not apply to the record.