Date:         Fri, 2 Jan 2004 08:46:45 -0800
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Sender:       MARC <[log in to unmask]>
From:         "J. McRee Elrod" <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Special Libraries Cataloguing, Inc.
Subject:      Re: Proposal for MARC21 field 258
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"Gary L. Strawn" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I would have thought that the 0XX block would provide a better fit for
>this kind of information.

Like Henriette Avram, I'm wed to the relation of MARC to the old unit
card (living on as the ISBD).  To me, this medium specific information
belongs in the main body of the description, i.e., 2XX.  (There is
however information in 0XX displayed as notes, e.g., 020, to support
Gary's position.)

Mac

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