This item applies only to record types I, C, A, and M. Code the NAACCR record version used to create the record. The correction record (U) has its own record version data item.

The NAACCR Layout version is necessary to communicate to the recipient of data in NAACCR form where the various items are found and how they are coded. It should be added to the record when the recorded is created.

Codes

Historically (before 2010), this was a 1-character field with the following codes in column 19:

• 1             1992-1994 Version 2 and Version 3
• 4             1995 Version 4.0
• 5             1996 and 1997 Version 5.0 or Version 5.1
• 6             1998 Version 6
• 7             1999 Version 7
• 8             2000 Version 8
• 9             2001 and 2002 Version 9 and 9.1
• A             2003, 2004, and 2005 Version 10, 10.1, and 10.2
• B             2006, 2007, and 2008 Version 11, 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3
• Blank     September 1989 Version

Note: Code 4 was assigned to the 1995 Version to synchronize the document version and the layout version numbers. Layout document Versions 2 and 3 are coded as 1.