588 Source of Description (R)
Input Standards | |||
| Required if applicable/Required if applicable | |||
| 1st Indicator Undefined | |||
 | Undefined | ||
| 2nd Indicator Undefined | |||
| | Undefined | ||
| Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable) | Input Standards | ||
| ‡a | Souce of description note (NR) | Mandatory/Mandatory | |
| ‡5 | Institution to which field applies (NR) | Required if applicable/Required if applicable | |
Definition | Information used for tracking and controlling the metadata contained in the record. It includes general and specific source of description notes that are especially of interest to other catalogers. | ||||||||||||||||
1st Indicator | Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). | ||||||||||||||||
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2nd Indicator | Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank ( ). | ||||||||||||||||
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Subfields | |||||||||||||||||
| ‡a Souce of description note | Note containing administrative information about the record, such as source of description or latest issue consulted.
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| ‡5 Institution to which field applies | MARC code of the institution or organization that holds the copy to which the data in the field applies. Data in the field may not apply to the universal description of the item or may apply universally to the item but be of interest only to the location cited. See Organization Code Sources ( http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdorg.html). | ||||||||||||||||
Printing | Field 588 prints as a note. Subfield ‡5 does not print. See " 5xx Introduction" for more information. |