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Audn  Target Audience


Bytes

 BKS, VIS, SCO, REC, COM: 008/22; 006/05

Input Standards

 BKS, VIS, SCO, REC, COM: Optional. One-character code. Default: blank character

Definition
BKS, VIS, SCO, REC, COM, 006

The intellectual level of the audience for which the item is intended.

BKS, 006

When an item is appropriate for more than one target audience, use the code for the primary target audience. If the record has both reading grade and interest age information in field 521, code Audn for the interest age.

VIS, 006

When an item is considered appropriate for more than one target audience, use the code for the highest level appropriate.

Use primarily for educational audiovisual materials.

SCO, REC, 006

When an item is appropriate for more than one target audience, use the code for the primary target audience.

Use primarily to identify music used or performed by a specific target audience.

COM, 006

When an item is appropriate for more than one target audience, use the code for the primary target audience. If the record has both reading grade and interest age information in field 521, code Audn for the interest age.

Use primarily for educational electronic materials.

Transcribing LC copy for BKS, SCO, REC

If you are transcribing LC copy, the following characteristics may help to identify the item as juvenile:

  • The record includes the word juvenile in its subject heading(s).
  • The record uses a subdivision such as juvenile literature with the main subject heading.
  • The record has the letter j printed with the Dewey Decimal classification number.
  • The record uses an LC classification number for the works of juvenile literature (PZ5-PZ10.7).
  Annotated card program. 

Annotated card program records use the letter E or the abbreviation fic instead of a Dewey number. An LC card number with the prefix AC does not necessarily identify a juvenile work since the Annotated Card Program includes young adult books and adult reference books in addition to children's books.

Codes
blank character Unknown or unspecified. The target audience for the item not known or not specified.
a Preschool. The item is intended for children, approximate ages 0–5 years.
b Primary. The item is intended for children, approximate ages 6–8 years.
c Pre-adolescent. The item is intended for young people, approximate ages 9–13 year.
d Adolescent. The item is intended for young people, approximate ages 14–17 years.
e Adult. The item is intended for adults.
f Specialized. The item is aimed at a particular audience and the nature of the presentation makes the item of little interest to another audience. Examples include:
  • Items which address a limited audience, e.g., the employees of a single organization.
  • Technical software or sound recordings geared to a specialized audience.
  • Training films intended for the special education of the physically or mentally handicapped.
g General. The item is of general interest and not aimed at an audience of a particular intellectual level. Use for items that are not covered more appropriately by the other codes.
j Juvenile. The item is intended for children and young people, approximate ages 0–15 years. Use when a more specific code for the juvenile target audience is not desired.

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