8xx Introduction

Use fields 800–830 for series added entries when the series added entry differs from the series statement or when the series statement is in a note. Use fields 800, 810 and 811 for series added entries in name/title form.

Use field 830 for series added entries in title form. See " 4xx Introduction" for information on printing series information.

When adding a heading that is nonstandard and meaningful only for your institution, use the fields below, which are retained in institution records, but not in master records.

• 896  Local Series Added Entry–Personal Name (R)
• 897  Local Series Added Entry–Corporate Name (R)
• 898  Local Series Added Entry–Meeting Name (R)
• 899  Local Series Added Entry–Uniform Title (R)

Fields 400, 410, and 411 are obsolete. OCLC has run a database scan to convert them. Records containing these fields fail validation. You may find these fields in local systems in records used prior to this change.

If you are inputting current cataloging, construct entries according to Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, second edition (AACR2) and Library of Congress (LC) practice. Search the OCLC Authority File to verify forms of entry.

Use current LC-AACR2 or AACR2-compatible forms of names and uniform titles. If the current LC-AACR2 or AACR2-compatible form is unknown, construct the heading according to AACR2 and the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations (LCRIs).

If you are inputting retrospective cataloging, search the OCLC Authority File to verify forms of entry.

Use current LC-AACR2 or AACR2-compatible forms of names and uniform titles. If the current LC-AACR2 or AACR2-compatible form is unknown, you may enter the pre-AACR2 form, but you are encouraged to construct the heading according to AACR2 and the LCRIs.

See section 2.2, " Transcribing Pre-AACR2 Copy," for more information.