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Library Automation

Notes machine-readable form between national bibliographic agencies. SirsiDynix Symphony supports
the UNIMARC bibliographic, authority, and Z39.50 formats.
The following UNIMARC catalogue formats are delivered:

UNIMARC (Bibliographic)
SUNIMARC (Serials)
The following UNIMARC authority formats are delivered:

UCOLUNITTL (Collective uniform title heading)
UCRPNAME (Corporate name heading)
UFAMNAME (Family name heading)
UGENRE (Form or genre heading)

UNAMCOLTTL (Name/collective uniform title heading)
UNAMTITL (Name/title heading)
UPERNAME (Personal name heading)
UPLACE (Place access)

UPORASSUN (Bib.NacPortugal assunto)
URAMEAU (Sujet Rameau)
USUBJ (Topical subject heading)
UTERNAME (Territorial/geographic name heading)

UTRDMARK (Trademark heading)
UUNITITL (Uniform title heading)
The following Z39.50 formats are delivered:
ZUNIAUTH (Z39.50 authority)

ZUNIMARC (Z39.50 bibliographic)
5.2.3 Common Communication Format (CCF)

CCF is a structure format for creating bibliographical records and for exchanging records between
groups of information agency and libraries. An international symposium in Taormina, Sicily
conducted by UNESCO was held in April, 1978. On the recommendations of the symposium
UNESCO/PGI formed the ad hoc group on the establishment of a Common Communication
Format (CCF). The first edition of CCF was published in 1984 under the editorship of Peter
Simmons and Alan Hopkins and its second edition was published in 1988 in two volumes called
CCF/B and CCF/F. Several countries have adopted this standard for exchange and creation of
bibliographic records at national level.

Structure of CCF

The structure of CCF is the implementation of ISO-2709. It consists of the following:
(a) Record Labels: Each CCF record begins with a fixed record label of 24 characters and
consists of data element which contains the record. Each data element is identified by its
relative character positioning the label.

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