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515 - Numbering Peculiarities Note (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Full
October 2003

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Second Indicator
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Subfield Codes
$a - Numbering peculiarities note (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Unformatted note giving irregularities and peculiarities in numbering or publishing patterns, report year coverage, revised editions, and/or issuance in parts.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Numbering peculiarities note
Statement on the numbering irregularity or peculiarity. Types of numbering irregularities and peculiarities recorded in subfield $a include:
515 ##$aVols. 53 and 54 combined.
515 ##$aDesignation New series dropped with v. 38, 1908.
515 ##$aVols. for the 8th-19th annual meetings called also v. 7-17 (9th and 10th issues combined as v. 8).
515 ##$aAn introductory number called v. 1, no. 0, was issued Nov. 30, 1945.
515 ##$aAn introductory number called v. 1, no. 0 issued as a supplement to Latin America. Cf. New serial titles.
515 ##$aSome issues lack volume numbering.

515 ##$aNew series v. 2 (Sept.-Dec. 1837) not issued.
515 ##$aSuspended 1926-1929, 1936.
515 ##$aPublication suspended Sept. 1906-June 1907, May 1910-Oct. 1910.
515 ##$aNo banquet held in 1914.
515 ##$aNone published 1941-1946. Cf. Brit. Mus. Gen. cat. of printed books.

515 ##$aIssued in parts.
515 ##$aDirectories for some sessions issued in revised editions.

515 ##$aReport covers fiscal year.
515 ##$aReport year ends Sept. 30.
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 515 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$z - Source of note information (SE) [OBSOLETE, 1990]
Source information is included as part of the numbering peculiarities note in subfield $a.

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