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ǂa | Issuing body note (NR) | Mandatory/Mandatory |
ǂ6 | Linkage (NR) | System supplied/System supplied |
ǂ7 | Data provenance (R) | Optional/Optional |
ǂ8 | Field link and sequence number (R) | Optional/Optional |
Definition |
A note referring to current and former issuing bodies, including notes containing compiling, editing, or translating information that involves an issuing body. Use field 550 also for notes denoting the item as an official organ of a society, etc. Field 550 can be used to record issuing bodies and explain their relationship to the publication. The field can be used to justify access points in 7xx fields. Use field 500 for notes relating to commercial publishers, distributors, or places of publication. For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below. |
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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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ǂa Issuing body note | The entire text of the note.
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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. |
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ǂ7 Data provenance | For information about subfield ǂ7, see Control Subfields. |
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ǂ8 Field link and sequence number | For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields. |
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Punctuation |
For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:
For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.
For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation. |
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Indexing |
For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 550. |
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MARC 21 |
For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 550. |
This page last revised: December 22, 2022