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The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 38 (June 2024) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 38.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of March 12 to September 4, 2024.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 12, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 19, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 26, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 17, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 23, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 30, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 14, 2024 - relators
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 21, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 11, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 18, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 16, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 30, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 4, 2024


February 29, 2024

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of January 23 to February 27, 2024.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 23, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 6, 2024
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 27, 2024 - Source codes
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 27, 2024 - Relator codes


January 18, 2024

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 37 (December 2023) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 37.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of August 29 to December 5, 2023.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 29 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 12, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 12, 2023 - Revised
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 20, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 31, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 5, 2023


August 31, 2023

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of August 8 to August 22, 2023.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 8, 2023 (Source codes)
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 8, 2023 (Relator codes)
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 22, 2023 (Source codes)


August 14, 2023

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 36 (June 2023) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 36.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of Febrary 22, 2023 to July 18, 2023.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - Febrary 22, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 7, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 11, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 25, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 2, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 23, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 20, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 18, 2023


February 17, 2023

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 35 (December 2022) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 35.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of September 21, 2022 to January 25, 2023.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 21, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 27, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 12, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 18, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 15, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 6, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 3, 2023
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 25, 2023


September 1, 2022

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 34 (July 2022) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 34.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of December 9, 2021 to August 24, 2022.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 9, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 9, 2021 - Revised
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 31, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 11, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 28, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 14, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 28, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 15, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 20, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 1, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 14, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 22, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 28, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 12, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 16, 2022
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 24, 2022


December 15, 2021

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 33 (November 2021) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 33.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of April 15 to December 7, 2021.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 15, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 26, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 10, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 14, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 30, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 23, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 21, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 26, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 7, 2021


July 21, 2021

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 32 (June 2021) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 32.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



March 31, 2021

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of February 5 to March 15, 2021.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - Februrary 5, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 26, 2021
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 15, 2021


December 15, 2020

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 31 (December 2020) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 31.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

The Relators code list in French has been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICE on the Library of Congress Website.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 14, 2020


November 27, 2020

The code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of July 28 to November 24, 2020.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 28, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 11, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 16, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 23, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 13, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 24, 2020

July 8, 2020

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of April 13 to June 26, 2020.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 13, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 1, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 19, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 26, 2020


June 23, 2020

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 30 (May 2020) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 30.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



May 12, 2020

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of February 21 to March 13, 2020.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 21, 2020
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 13, 2020


March 1, 2020

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 29 (November 2019) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 29.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



February 1, 2020

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 28 (May 2019) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 28.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of October 4, 2019 to January 17, 2020.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 4, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 11, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 1, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 26, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 12, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 17, 2020


December 9, 2019

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 26 (April 2018) and MARC 21 Update N° 27 (November 2018) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 27.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



October 30th, 2019

The French translation of MARC 21 Update N° 25 (December 2017) is now available.

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 25.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website for the period of February 8 to September 13, 2019.

TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 13, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 9, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 19, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 28, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 21, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 31, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 3, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 19, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 27, 2019
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 8, 2019


September 6th, 2019

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website

TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 26, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 12, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 21, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 31, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 27, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 15, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 25, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 13, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 9, 2018
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 26, 2018


August 16, 2019

Code lists in French have been updated according to the following TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website

TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 21, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 1, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 21, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 20, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 15, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 25, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 28, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 13, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 21, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - May 19, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 24, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - March 10, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 24, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 17, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 27, 2017


December 1, 2017

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 24.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



August 7, 2017

The latest MARC 21 Update, N° 24 [May 2017], is now available.   [Library of Congress Website]

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 23.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]



January 13, 2017

The latest MARC 21 Updates, N° 22 [April 2016] and N° 23 [November 2016], are now available.   [Library of Congress Website]

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 22.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

Some Code lists have been updated according to the latest TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website
TECHNICAL NOTICE - January 13, 2017
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 2, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 2, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 28, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 15, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 5, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - July 29, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 9, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - April 7, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 26, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - February 19, 2016
TECHNICAL NOTICE - December 9, 2015


December 1, 2015

MARC 21 Update N° 21 [September 2015] is now available.   [Library of Congress Website]

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 21.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

Some Code lists have been updated according to the latest TECHNICAL NOTICES on the Library of Congress Website
TECHNICAL NOTICE - November 12, 2015
TECHNICAL NOTICE - October 22, 2015
TECHNICAL NOTICE - September 8, 2015
TECHNICAL NOTICE - August 14, 2015
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 26, 2015
TECHNICAL NOTICE - June 23, 2015


September 3, 2015

MARC 21 Update N° 20 [April 2015] is now available.   [Library of Congress Website]

Some Code lists have been updated according to the latest TECHNICAL NOTICE [March 13, 2015].   [Library of Congress Website]

The bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats have been updated according to Update N° 20.   [Library and Archives Canada Website]

Please note that three new co-opted members have joined the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange.

Please note the new MARC 21 email address [ BAC.MARC21.LAC@bac-lac.gc.ca ] that is due to the changes in the structure of the service mailbox addresses. We are now in a period when both the new and old structured addresses work.



April 20, 2015

Following discussions during its January 2015 meeting, the Canadian Committee on MARC agreed to adopt a new name Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange.



October 15, 2014

A bilingual version of the different Field Code Lists for Bibliographic, Authority, Holdings and Classification Formats are now available online.



June 3, 2014

Update 18 is now available online.

The full French MARC 21 Holdings Format is now available online. Each field is available as a separate PDF file. The full MARC 21 Formats in English are available from the Library of Congress web site where it is possible to print directly from the description of each field.

Breadcrumbs have been improved on our pages.

Canadian Committee on MARC pages have been updated.

Links to our French pages have been updated.



December 12, 2013

Following the publication of the updated Web site in early 2013, some of the pages needed a few more modifications such as correction of links.

The Library of Congress has modified many of its Codes and Terms lists. These are some of the new lists released in recent updates.


May 27, 2013

The full French MARC 21 Bibliographic and Authority formats are now available from this website. Each field is available as a separate PDF file. The full MARC 21 formats in English are available from the Library of Congress web site where it is possible to print directly from the description of each field. It is planned to upgrade the concise French MARC 21 holdings format to the full format in the coming months. This site also includes code lists and other documentation in English and French, with links to corresponding documentation on the Library of Congress website.

The MARC 21 formats are prepared by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress, in cooperation with Content Management, Library and Archives Canada and Bibliographic Standards and Systems, British Library. Library and Archives Canada is responsible for translating and publishing the French formats.

MARC 21 supersedes the 1994 edition of Canadian MARC Communication Formats and its updates published between 1994 and 1998. Update number six of the bibliographic format contained the changes to CAN/MARC required to align with USMARC. With this update, the specifications contained in the CAN/MARC and USMARC formats were identical. The 1994 edition superseded the 1988 edition and its seven updates issued between 1988 and 1991. The 1988 edition of the bibliographic format was produced by amalgamating separately issued CAN/MARC formats for monographs and serials.

Changes to the MARC 21 formats are based upon proposals considered by the MARC Advisory Committee, the Canadian Committee on MARC (CCM) and by the Book Industry Communications/Bibliographic Standards Technical Subgroup (BIC/BSTS).

Thank you for your continued patience while this site is in transition.



MARC 21 en version française sur le site de la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada