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028 - Publisher Number (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2007

Formatted number used for sound recordings, printed music, and videorecordings. Publisher's numbers that are given in an unformatted form are recorded in field 500 (General Note). A print constant identifying the kind of publisher number may be generated based on the value in the first indicator position.

Indicators
First - Type of publisher number
0 - Issue number
Number used to identify the issue designation, or serial identification, assigned by a publisher to a specific sound recording, side of a sound recording, or performance on a sound recording or to a group of sound recordings issued as a set.
1 - Matrix number
Master from which the specific recording was pressed.
2 - Plate number
Assigned by a publisher to a specific music publication.
3 - Other music number
4 - Videorecording number
5 - Other publisher number
Second - Note/added entry controller
0 - No note, no added entry
1 - Note, added entry
2 - Note, no added entry
3 - No note, added entry
Subfield Codes
$a - Publisher number (NR)
$b - Source (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
028 01$aSTMA 8007$bTamla Motown[An issue number]
028 11$a256A090$bDeutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft[A matrix number]
028 22$aB. & H. 8797$bBreitkopf & Hartel
028 42$aVM5108$bVidmark Entertainment
028 42$aMV600167$bMGM/UA
028 40$aMV600167$bMGM/UA[A videorecording number for which no note or added entry are desired.]

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