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550 Issuing Body Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Required if applicable/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
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2nd Indicator Undefined
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Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards
ǂa	Issuing body note (NR)	Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
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.

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.

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.
710	1	United States. ǂb Department of the Treasury. ǂb Bureau of Statistics.
710	1	United States. ǂb Department of Commerce and Labor. ǂb Bureau of Statistics.
710	1	United States. ǂb Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

550			Volumes for 1921-1927 published under the auspices of the British Institute of International Affairs.
710	2		British Institute of International Affairs.

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

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 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.

Indexing

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

This page last revised: April 15, 2019

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