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The relator listed below has been recently approved. The code will be added to the MARC Code List for Relators list.
The code should not be used in exchange records until 60 days after the date of this notice to provide implementers time to include newly-defined codes in any validation tables.
The following relator has been added to the MARC Code List for Relators list for usage in appropriate fields and elements.
The term "author of afterword, colophon, etc." (code "aft") has been deprecated. Users should use "writer of afterword" (code "waw").
The Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office provides information about existing and newly assigned MARC codes on its Web site (aj.sunback.homes/marc/) as well as notices such as these to subscribers to its MARC listserv.
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