MARC21-008: Form of item
braille
Braille.
f
direct electronic
Storage on a directly accessible tangible recording medium, e.g. disc, tape, playaway device, flashdrive, portable hard drive, etc.
q
electronic
Intended for manipulation by a computer. May reside in a carrier accessed either directly or remotely, in some cases requiring the use of peripheral devices attached to the computer (e.g., a CD-ROM player).
s
Not used for items that do not require the use of a computer (e.g., music compact discs, videodiscs).
large print
Large print.
d
magnetic tape [obsolete]
h
microfiche
Microfiche.
b
microfilm
Microfilm.
a
microopaque
Microopaque.
c
multimedia [obsolete]
i
none of the following
Form of item other than microfilm, microfiche, microopaque, large print, braille, online, direct electronic, regular print reproduction, electronic.
#
Not specified by one of the other codes.
online
Accessed by means of hardware and software connections to a communications network.
o
other form of reproduction [obsolete]
z
punched paper tape [obsolete]
g
regular print reproduction
Eye-readable print, such as a photocopy.
r
Published