Kia ora koutou,

The National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) is changing the subfield 2 coding of its established local genre/form terms, and dropping the use of subfield 5 for these terms.

Our practice had been to code our local genre/form terms as 655 7 ‡a <term> ‡2 local ‡5 Nz (for example, 655 7 ‡a Sophisticated picture books. ‡2 local ‡5 Nz)

From 14 July 2025 onwards, we will be using 655 7 ‡a <term> ‡2 nznb (for example, 655 7 ‡a Sophisticated picture books. ‡2 nznb)

The change in coding eliminates the need for subfield 5, and provides consistency with our other authority work.

You can request a file of MARC21 authority records for NLNZ genre/form terms by contacting nznb@dia.govt.nz.

Please email nznb@dia.govt.nz with any questions.

Ngā mihi,

Anoushka

Anoushka McGuire | Team Leader, Metadata Services,

National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa

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