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532 Accessibility Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Required if applicable/Optional
1st Indicator Display constant controller
0	Accessibility technical details
1	Accessibility features
2	Accessibility deficiencies
8	No display constant generated
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa	Summary of accessibility (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

Textual information describing the accessibility features, hazards, and deficiencies of a resource, including technical details relating to accessibility features.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

Guidelines

This field may be used to expand on or to qualify data in field 341.

1st Indicator

Display constant controller. Controls the generation of an introductory phrase.

0	Accessibility technical details. Devices, equipment, or software required to implement an accessibility feature.
1	Accessibility features. Provides a description of accessibility features in a resource.
2	Accessibility deficiencies. Provides a description of content of a resource for which no alternative mode of access has been provided.
8	No display constant provided

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Summary of accessibility

Text describing accessibility features, hazards, and deficiencies as well as technical details relating to accessibility features.

532

0

Daisy 3

532

0

Requires Daisy 3 software for access; Internet connection

532

1

Closed captioning in English

532

1

Open captioning in French and English

532

1

Described video

532

1

Picture-in-picture signing

532

2

Menu not navigable

532

2

Requires additional software, mouse

ǂ6 Linkage

Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing or omitting punctuation, follow these instructions:

Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
Omit punctuation preceding each subfield unless the preceding subfield ends with an ellipsis, exclamation point, hyphen, period (following an abbreviation or initial), question mark, closing bracket, or closing parenthesis
Omit the terminal period at the end of the field unless the last word is an abbreviation or initial

532

0

Requires Daisy 3 software for access; Internet connection

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

Field 532 is currently not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 532.

This page last revised: August 22, 2022

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