Ills: Illustrations

Record Type

BIB

Bytes

BKS: 008/18-21; 006/01-04

Input standards

BKS: Optional. Up to four, one-character codes. Default:

Definition

BKS, 006

Illustration terms used in the physical description recorded in field 300. Choose codes according to terms found in the entire 300 field, including subfield ǂe. Disregard illustration information elsewhere in the record (e.g., in body of the record or in notes).

Enter up to four codes in alphabetical order. If fewer codes apply, then left-justify the codes. Leave the remaining positions blank. If more than four codes apply, enter the first four codes. Use code a for types of illustrations not covered by any of the more specific codes.

Codes

No illustrations. Work does not contain illustrations. Use 4 blanks.

Ills
[No illustration statement in physical description]

a

Illustrations. Use code a when the term illustration, illustrations, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300. Also use code a for types of illustrations not covered by any of the more specific codes.

Ills			a
300			149 pages : ǂb color illustrations ; ǂc 26 cm

Ills			a
300			167 pages : ǂb tables ; ǂc 23 cm
[Pre-RDA hybrid]

Ills			a
300			202 pages ǂb frontispiece ǂc 24 cm
[Pre-RDA hybrid]

Ills			a
300			134 pages : ǂb graphs ; ǂc 24 cm

b

Maps. Use code b when the term map, maps, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a b
300			135 pages : ǂb illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; ǂc 35 cm + ǂe 6 maps (48 x 31 cm, folded to 31 x 24 cm)

c

Portraits. Use code c when the term portrait, portraits, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a c
300			181 pages : ǂb illustrations, portraits ; ǂc 28 cm

d

Charts. Use code d when the term chart, charts, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a d
300			1 folded sheet (12 pages) : ǂb illustrations, charts ; ǂc 23 x 11 cm
[Pre-RDA hybrid]

e

Plans. Use code e when the term plan, plans, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a b e
300			xxxi, 229 pages : ǂb illustrations, maps, plans ; ǂc 26 cm

f

Plates. Use code f when the term plate, plates, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a b c f
300			240 pages, 2 leaves of plates : ǂb illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; ǂc 30 cm

g

Music. Use code g when the term music or one of its equivalents is present in field 300.

Ills			a f g
300			190 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : ǂb illustrations (some color), music ; ǂc 30 cm
[Pre-RDA hybrid]

h

Facsimiles. Use code h when the term facsimile, facsimiles, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a c h
300			24 pages : ǂb illustrations, facsimiles (some color), portraits ; ǂc 23 x 22 cm

i

Coats of arms. Use code i when the term coat of arms, coats of arms, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a c f i
300			vii, 150 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : ǂb illustrations, portraits, color coat of arms ; ǂc 24 cm

j

Genealogical tables. Use code j when the term genealogical table, genealogical tables, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			a j
300			xii, 87 pages : ǂb illustrations, genealogical tables ; ǂc 24 cm

k

Forms. Use code k when the term form, forms, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			k
300			1 online resource (xxxix, 300 pages) : ǂb forms

l

Samples. Use code l when the term sample, samples, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			l
300			1 volume (unpaged) : ǂb color samples ; ǂc 24 x 43 cm

m

Phonodisc, phonowire, etc. Use when the following terms, whether singular or plural, or one of their equivalents, are present in field 300: audio cartridge, audio cylinder, audio disc, audio roll, audiocassette, and audiotape reel.

Ills			a m
300			xiii, 364 pages : ǂb illustrations ; ǂc 28 cm + ǂe 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

o

Photographs. Use code o when the term photograph, photographs, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300. You may use code o to indicate actual photographs (which would most often be represented as units of extent in field 300 subfield ǂa) and/or photographic reproductions (which would commonly be represented as illustrative content in field 300 subfield ǂb). If the photographic illustrations are of minor importance code a may be used.

Ills			o
300			1 volume : ǂb black and white photographs ; ǂc 10 x 8 cm

p

Illuminations. Use code p when the term illumination, illuminations, or one of their equivalents, is present in field 300.

Ills			p
300			124 leaves (1 column, 17 lines) : ǂb vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations ; ǂc 170 x 122 mm
[Descriptive Cataloging for Rare Materials (Books)]

No attempt to code. If the fill character is used, all four positions must be coded with the fill character.

Indexing

This fixed field element is not indexed.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, 008/18-21 (Books).

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