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584 Accumulation and Frequency of Use Note (R)

Record Type
BIB
Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
2nd Indicator Undefined
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa	Accumulation (R)	Required if applicable/ Required if applicable
ǂb	Frequency of use (R)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ3	Materials specified (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂ5	Institution to which field applies (NR)	Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ6	Linkage (NR)	System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

A note with measurements of and information about the rates of accumulation when the described materials are continuing, open-ended accessions. Use field 584 also for the rates of reference use of all described materials.

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 Accumulation

The rate at which the described materials are accumulating. Express the rate as a ratio of volume to time period.

584

ǂ3 General subject files ǂa 45 cubic ft. average annual accumulation 1970-1979. ǂa 5.4 cubic ft. average monthly accumulation, 1979-1982. ǂa Current average monthly accumulation is 2 cubic ft.

ǂb Frequency of use

The measure of reference activity in the described materials. Express the measure as a ratio of number of retrievals to time period or by general terms such as "active" or "inactive."

584

ǂb An average of 15 reference requests per month, with peak demand during June and December. ǂb Total reference requests for 1984: 179

ǂ3 Materials specified

For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.

584

ǂ3 Employee records ǂa 10 cubic ft. annual accumulation

ǂ5 Institution to which field applies

For information about subfield ǂ5, see Control Subfields. Subfield ǂ5 unlikely to be used in field 584.

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 punctuation, follow these instructions:

Optionally, follow an initial subfield ǂ3 by a colon-space or a space-colon-space if following an open date
Precede subfields ǂa and ǂb by a period-space unless the subfield occurs as the initial subfield or is preceded by subfield ǂ3
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 (preceding subfield ǂ5) unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)

584

ǂ3 General subject files: ǂa 45 cubic ft. average annual accumulation 1970-1979. ǂa 5.4 cubic ft. average monthly accumulation, 1979-1982. ǂa Current average monthly accumulation is 2 cubic ft.

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

584

ǂ3 General subject files ǂa 45 cubic ft. average annual accumulation 1970-1979 ǂa 5.4 cubic ft. average monthly accumulation, 1979-1982 ǂa Current average monthly accumulation is 2 cubic ft.

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

Indexing

Field 584 is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 584.

This page last revised: December 23, 2022

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