(image from metmuseum.org)
an example of encoding in MARC format for the sculpture “Ruth Gleaning” by Randolph Rogers, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
| MARC FIELD TAG | MARC FIELD | IND. | DATA RECORDED |
| Leader/05 | Record status | n | |
| Leader/06 | Type of record | r | |
| Leader/07 | Bibliographic level | m | |
| Leader/17 | Encoding level | # | |
| Leader/18 | Descriptive cataloguing form | i | |
| 008/00-05 | Date entered on file | 140424 | |
| 008/06 | Fixed length data elements – Type of date/Publication status | m | |
| 008/07-10 | Fixed length data elements – publication date | 1853 | |
| 008/11-14 | Fixed length data elements – copyright date | 1859 | |
| 008/15-17 | Fixed length data elements – place of publication, production, or execution | it | |
| 008/23 | Form of item | # | |
| 008/28 | Government publication | # | |
| 008/33 | Type of material | a | |
| 008/35-37 | Fixed length data elements – Language | zxx | |
| 008/39 | Fixed length data elements – cataloging source | d | |
| 024 | Other standard identifier | 7_ | 99.7.1 $2 local |
| 040 | Cataloging source – description conventions | SU2 $c SU2 | |
| 049 | Local holdings | SU2A | |
| 100 | Artist | 1_ | Rogers, Randolph, $d 1825-1892, $e artist |
| 245 | Title | 10 | Ruth Gleaning / $c by Randolph Rogers |
| 260 | Execution date | $c 1850; carved 1855 or 1856 | |
| 300 | Dimensions | 1 sculpture $b marble $c 45 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 24 in (116.2 x 60.3 x 61 cm) | |
| 510 | Ref/source | 3_ | American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Albert TenEyck Gardner, 1965. |
| 510 | Ref/source | 3_ | American Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 1, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865, Thayer Tolles, ed. Lauretta Dimmick, Donna J. Hasser, 1999. |
| 510 | Ref/source | 3_ | Nineteenth-Century America: Paintings and Sculpture, John K. Howat and Natalie Spaasky, 1970. |
| 510 | Ref/source | 3_ | The Shaping of Art and Architecture in Nineteenth-Century America, Robert Clark, 1972. |
| 510 | Ref/source | 3_ | Randolph Rogers: American Sculptor in Rome, 1971 |
| 530 | Photo | Image on file. | |
| 530 | 3D Object | 3D scan and object on file. | |
| 541 | Immediate source of acquisition note | $c Gift of $a James Douglas, $d 1899. | |
| 650 | Subjects | _4 | Sculpture (visual work), marble (rock) $x North and Central America and United States $y A.D. 1800-1900 |
| 650 | Subjects | _4 | Sculpture (visual work), marble (rock) $x United States and Canada $y A.D. 1800-1900 |
| 650 | Subjects | _4 | Sculpture (visual work), marble (rock) $x American Paintings and Sculpture |
| 655 | Object type | _7 | Sculpture (visual work) $2 aat |
| 852 | Location | 8_ | NNMM $e American Wing $c Gallery 700 $e 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028 |