Definition | A note about the target audience for the described material. Use primarily when the contents of an item are considered appropriate for a specific audience or intellectual level (e.g., elementary school students). Use to record interest and motivation levels and special learner characteristics. Record information about the target audience and/or intellectual level also in the fixed-field element Audn (Target Audience). If both reading grade and interest age or interest grade level information are present, enter codes in Audn based on the interest age or interest grade level information. If a computer file or visual materials record has both reading grade and interest age or interest grade level information present in 521 fields, fixed-field element Audn (Target Audience) is coded based on the interest age information. Use field 506 (Restrictions on Access Note) if the note is about restrictions on access. |
1st Indicator | Display constant controller. A value that controls the generation of the display constant preceding the note. |
| |  | Audience. The value that generates the display constant Audience:. | |
| | | 0 | Reading grade level. The data in subfield ‡a pertains to the grade level at which the item is meant to be read. Use to generate the display constant Reading grade level:. | 521 | 0 | | 3.1. | | [The reading level is for the first month of the third grade.] | | |
| | | 1 | Interest age level. The data in subfield ‡a pertains to the age level at which the item will most likely be of interest. Use to generate the display constant Interest age level:. | 521 | 1 | | 008-012. | | [The item is of interest to those aged 8-12.] | | |
| | | 2 | Interest grade level. The data in subfield ‡a pertains to the grade level at which the item will most likely be of interest. Use to generate the display constant Interest grade level:. | 521 | 2 | | 7 & up. | | [The item is of interest to those in the seventh grade and up.] | | |
| | | 3 | Special audience characteristics. The data in subfield ‡a pertains to special characteristics of the audience to which the item will most likely be of interest. Use to generate the display constant Special audience characteristics:. | 521 | 3 | | Vision impaired ‡a fine motor skills impaired ‡a audio learner ‡b LENOCA. | | [The item is of interest to vision and fine motor skills impaired audio learners.] | | |
| | | 4 | Motivation/interest level. The data in subfield ‡a pertains to the motivation and/or interest level of the audience for which the item is best suited. Use to generate the display constant Motivation/interest level:. | 521 | 4 | | Highly motivated ‡a high interest ‡b LENOCA. | | [The item is appropriate for highly motivated, highly interested audio learners.] | | |
| | | 8 | No display constant generated. The value that specifies that a display constant is not generated. | |
2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). |
| | | | Undefined | |
Subfields | |
| ‡a Target audience note | The entire text of the note. | 521 | | | Program designed for geographers, planners, geologists, meteorologists and others who have a professional interest in analyzing spatial data. | | 521 | | | Clinical students and postgraduate house officers. | | 521 | | | Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, G-Division, Physics Dept. | | 521 | | | Junior high school through college students and adults. | | 521 | 3 | | Tactile learner ‡a discalculia ‡b Center for Disabilities. | | 521 | 8 | | For remedial reading programs. | |
| ‡b Source | The name or abbreviation of the agency or entity assigning the information. | 521 | 2 | | K-3. ‡b Follett Library Book Co. | | 521 | 3 | | Visually impaired ‡b LENOCA. | |
| ‡3 Materials specified | The part of the described materials to which the field applies. | 521 | | | ‡3 Annual reports ‡a Congressional oversight committee. | | 521 | | | ‡3 Daily Intelligence Summary ‡a President of the United States, F.E.O. | | 521 | | | ‡3 Films ‡a Trainees. | | 521 | | | ‡3 Photographs ‡a General public. | | 521 | 3 | | ‡3 Puzzles ‡a Tactile learner. | |
Printing | Field 521 prints as a note. The 1st indicator controls display constants. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information. |
