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876-878 Item Information--General Information (R)

Record Type
BIB, LHR
Input Standards
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator
	Undefined
2nd Indicator
	Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable)		Input Standards
ǂa	Internal item number (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂb	Invalid or cancelled internal item number (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂc	Cost (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂd	Date acquired (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂe	Source of acquisition (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂh	Use restrictions (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂj	Item status (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂl	Temporary location (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂp	Piece designation (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂr	Invalid or cancelled piece designation (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂt	Copy number (NR) [BIB]	Optional/Optional
ǂx	Nonpublic note (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂz	Public note (R)	Optional/Optional
ǂ3	Materials specified (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂ8	Field link and sequence number (NR)	Optional/Optional
ǂ9	Temporary location dates (R)	Optional/Optional

Definition

Item level information about a basic bibliographic unit in the holdings of the reporting organization. A display may be generated from the contents of fields 876-878 and its related fields 852, 853/863, or 866 to which it is linked by subfield ǂ8 or related by subfield ǂ3.

A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and the repeatability of each is given in the 84x-87x Holdings Data Embedded in Bibliographic Records.

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 Internal item number

Contains the unique identifying number for the item.

876

AAH8128-1-1 ǂp A14802137389

ǂb Invalid or cancelled internal item number

Contains the invalid or cancelled internal item number.

ǂc Cost

Contains the price or cost replacement fee for the item. May be qualified in parentheses by type of cost (e.g., normal, discounted, replacement).

876

AAH8128-1-1 ǂc $13.75 ǂp A14802137389

ǂd Date acquired

Contains the date the item was acquired in the form YYYYMMDD. If it is associated with a cost, it follows the subfield ǂc to which it applies. The date is recorded according to Representations of Dates and Time (ISO 8601).

876

XZX1222-1 ǂd 19940622 ǂp A1234567

ǂe Source of acquisition

Contains the information about the acquisition of an item. May be recorded in either textual or coded form. Codes may be locally defined.

852	0	DLC ǂb MRR ǂt 1
852	0	DLC ǂb SSRR ǂt 2
876		ǂ3 SSRR copy ǂa 00019779439 ǂe CIP

ǂh Use restrictions

Contains any restrictions on the use of the item. It is used when it is necessary to include information that is too item specific to be handled by field 506 in the bibliographic record. May be recorded in either textual or coded form. Codes may be locally defined.

866			ǂ8 0 ǂa v.1-4
876			ǂ3 v.1 ǂa ABH1332-1-1 ǂh Room use only ǂp A14893829302
876			ǂ3 v.1 ǂa ABH1332-1-2 ǂh Room use only ǂp A14839283910
[Restrictions indicate that interlibrary loan and circulation are not possible for items]

ǂj Item status

Contains the information about the permanent status of the item (e.g. lost or withdrawn). May be recorded in either textual or coded form. Codes may be locally defined.

863	4	0	ǂ8 1.3 ǂa 109 ǂb 1-6 ǂi 1990 ǂj 1-6
876			ǂ8 1.3 ǂa AAA1000-1-2 ǂj Lost ǂp A1481283845

ǂl Temporary location

Contains the temporary location information relative to the permanent location specified in field 852. Not intended to provide circulation information. If desirable, a local subfield ǂ9 may be used for dates.

863	4	0	ǂ8 1.5 ǂa 110 ǂb 1-6 ǂi 1991 ǂj 1-6
863	4	0	ǂ8 1.6 ǂa 110 ǂb 7-12 ǂi 1991 ǂj 7-12
876			ǂ8 1.5 ǂa AAA1000-1-4 ǂl Reserve Room ǂp A1481283808
876			ǂ8 1.6 ǂa AAA1000-1-6 ǂl Reference ǂp A1481283892

ǂp Piece designation

Contains the barcode or other machine-readable piece designation (such as OCR) associated with the item. Accession numbers are recorded in field 852 subfield ǂp.

852	0		TAP ǂb Stacks ǂh HD9195.A5 ǂi W5
876			AAH8128-1-1 ǂc $13.75 ǂp A14802137389

ǂr Invalid or cancelled piece designation

Contains the invalid or canceled machine-readable piece designation.

876

AAH8128-2-1 ǂc $12.00 ǂp A14812385910 ǂr A14821385083 ǂx Re-catalog as added copy for stacks when checked in.

ǂt Copy number

Contains the copy number.

Number of copies reported			002
[Two copies reported]
852	0	1	DLC ǂb MRR
876			80006537 ǂj Lost ǂt 2

ǂx Nonpublic note

Contains a note relating to the field. The note is not written in a form that is adequate for public display. A note adequate for public display is contained in subfield ǂz.

876

AAH8128-2-1 ǂc $12.00 ǂp A14812385910 ǂr A14821385083 ǂx Re-catalog as added copy for stacks when checked in.

ǂz Public note

Contains a note relating to the field. The note is written in a form that is adequate for public display. It contains information that cannot be contained in subfield ǂa. For example, it may be used to specifically record missing issues or numbering irregularities. A note not adequate for public display is contained in subfield ǂx.

ǂ3 Materials specified

Contains information that specifies the volume or range of parts to which the item information field applies. If a range of parts is recorded in 866-868 Textual Holdings Statement Fields that do not correspond to the actual physical piece, the subfield ǂ3 must represent an individual piece, not a series of pieces. Subfield ǂ3 may also be used to specify the subset in field 583 or 863-865 Enumeration and Chronology Fields to which the item information applies.

866	0	ǂ8 0 ǂa v.5
868	0	ǂ8 0 ǂa Chronological Index
868	0	ǂ8 0 ǂa Alphabetical Index
876		ǂ3 v.5 ǂa ABH1332-1-3 ǂp A14828301589
878		ǂ3 Chronological index ǂa ABH1332-1-4 ǂp A14828301588
878		ǂ3 Alphabetical index ǂa ABH1332-1-5 ǂp A14801389752

For more information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

Contains data that identifies linked holdings data fields and may also propose a sequence for the linked fields. Subfield ǂ8 may be repeated to link a field to more than one other group of fields.

The linking number is the first data element in the subfield and required if the subfield is used. It is a variable-length whole number that occurs in subfield ǂ8 in all fields that are to be linked. Fields with the same linking number are considered linked. A linking number of "0" (zero) is not used in this field.

The sequence number is separated from the linking number by a period ( . ). It is a variable-length whole number that may be used to indicate the relative order for display of the linked fields (lower sequence numbers displaying before higher ones).

Subfield ǂ8 is always the first subfield in the field when it is used.

852	0	1	UNL ǂh Z671 ǂi .L7
853	2	0	ǂ8 1 ǂa v. ǂb no. ǂu 12 ǂv r ǂi (year) ǂj (month)
863	4	0	ǂ8 1.1 ǂa 108 ǂb 1-6 ǂi 1989 ǂj 1-6
863	4	0	ǂ8 1.2 ǂa 108 ǂb 7-12 ǂi 1989 ǂj 7-12
876			ǂ8 1.1 ǂa AAA1000-1-1 ǂp A1481283827
876			ǂ8 1.2 ǂa AAA1000-1-3 ǂp A1481283831

For more information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

ǂ9 Temporary location dates

For information about subfield ǂ9, see Control Subfields.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see LHR fields and subfields.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data, fields 876-878.

This page last revised: March 16, 2023

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