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550 Issuing Body Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Required if applicable/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
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.

1st Indicator

Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

	Undefined

2nd Indicator

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

	Undefined

Subfields

ǂa Issuing body note

The entire text of the note.

550			Organ of the Potomac-side Naturalists' Club
710	2		Potomac-side Naturalists' Club, ǂe issuing body

550		Volumes for 1878-1902 issued by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of the Treasury); 1903-1911 by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of Commerce and Labor); 1912-1937 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; 1938- by the Bureau of the Census
710	1	United States. ǂb Bureau of the Census, ǂe issuing body
710	1	United States. ǂb Department of the Treasury. ǂb Bureau of Statistics, ǂe issuing body
710	1	United States. ǂb Department of Commerce and Labor. ǂb Bureau of Statistics, ǂe issuing body
710	1	United States. ǂb Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, ǂe issuing body

550			Volumes for 1921-1927 published under the auspices of the British Institute of International Affairs
710	2		British Institute of International Affairs, ǂe issuing body

550			Volumes for 1974- published in cooperation with the Kansas State Board of Agriculture
710	1		Kansas. ǂb State Board of Agriculture, ǂe issuing body

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.

ǂ7 Data provenance

For information about subfield ǂ7, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:

Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)

550

Volumes for 1878-1902 issued by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of the Treasury); 1903-1911 by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of Commerce and Labor); 1912-1937 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; 1938- by the Bureau of the Census.

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.

550

Volumes for 1878-1902 issued by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of the Treasury); 1903-1911 by the Bureau of Statistics (Department of Commerce and Labor); 1912-1937 by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; 1938- by the Bureau of the Census

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

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 550.

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

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