4 Genre 008/33
MARC: 008
4.1 Description
MARC21 field 008 contains fixed-length data elements that encode various bibliographic details. In this context, we focus specifically on books—that is, records where the Type of Record is language material. From this field, we extract and interpret the genre information as encoded in position 33 of the 008 field.
This analysis is based on 898893 book records in the Fennica database.
4.2 Complete Dataset Overview
Unique genre 008: 13.
There are 30 missing values in the dataset, accounting for (0%) of the total. Also, there 49098 “Not coded” genres in the field 008/33, accounting for (5.46%) of the total.
Unrecognized genre 088 provides details of Genre 008 that were discarded, in total: 0.
4.2.1 Top 20 Genre Count in Fennica
| Genre for Books | Entries (n) | Fraction (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Tietokirjallisuus | 657405 | 73.1 |
| Romaanit | 124372 | 13.8 |
| Runot | 26937 | 3 |
| Kaunokirjallisuus | 12033 | 1.3 |
| Novellit, kertomukset | 11731 | 1.3 |
| Draama | 7577 | 0.8 |
| Yhdistelmä | 5767 | 0.6 |
| Puheet, esitelmät | 1979 | 0.2 |
| Esseet | 1123 | 0.1 |
| Kirjeet | 715 | 0.1 |
| Huumori, satiiri | 119 | 0 |
| Tuntematon | 7 | 0 |
4.2.2 Fiction VS Non-Fiction over Time (log10)
4.3 Subset Analysis: 1809-1917
Unique genre 008: 12.
There are 1 missing values in the dataset, accounting for (0%) of the total. Also, there 2693 “Not coded” genres in the field 008/33, accounting for (5.27%) of the total.
4.3.1 Top 15 Genre Count in Fennica (1809-1917)
| Genre for Books (1809-1917) | Entries (n) | Fraction (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Tietokirjallisuus | 37735 | 4.2 |
| Romaanit | 4993 | 0.6 |
| Runot | 2138 | 0.2 |
| Draama | 1497 | 0.2 |
| Novellit, kertomukset | 1472 | 0.2 |
| Yhdistelmä | 218 | 0 |
| Puheet, esitelmät | 180 | 0 |
| Kaunokirjallisuus | 153 | 0 |
| Kirjeet | 14 | 0 |
| Huumori, satiiri | 12 | 0 |
| Esseet | 8 | 0 |
4.3.2 Certain Genres over Time
