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055 - Library and Archives Canada Call Number (R)


MARC 21 Authority - Full
October 2004

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Source of call number
0 - Assigned by LAC
4 - Assigned by agency other than LAC


Subfield Codes
$a - Classification number (NR)
$b - Item number (NR)
$d - Volumes/dates to which call number applies (NR)
$5 - Institution to which field applies (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Call number for a series assigned in Canada if the institution has classified all of part of the series as a collected set.

Field 055 may also contain the volumes/dates to which the number applies. Varying numbers for different ranges of volumes/dates within a series or different copies or sets are contained in separate 055 fields.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).
Second Indicator - Source of call number
Whether the source of the call number is Library and Archives Canada or another organization.
0 - Assigned by LAC
4 - Assigned by agency other than LAC
MARC code for the organization is carried in subfield $5.
055 #4$aLC1046.13$bA4$5CaOON

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Classification number
Alternate call numbers are recorded in separate 055 fields.
055 #0$aRS114 O5$bP73$d1970-1979
130 #0$aPractice management
$b - Item number
055 #0$aHB31$bE285
130 #0$aEconomics discussion paper (University of Regina. Dept. of Economics)
$d - Volumes/dates to which call number applies
Statement identifying those items in the series to which the call number applies. Used only when the call number does not apply to all items of the series. This subfield may also contain a copy (or set) number.
$5 - Institution to which field applies
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$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

Capitalization - Alphabetic characters in the classification number portion of the field are always uppercase. No space separates the alphabetic character(s) from the class number.
Order - 055 field for a current call number precedes the 055 field for an earlier call number.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 055 - Call Number Assigned in Canada (Series) [REDEFINED, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]
Indicator 1
0 - Current call number [OBSOLETE, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]
1 - Earlier call number [OBSOLETE, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]
Indicator 2 - Source of call number
1 - Call number assigned by contributing library [OBSOLETE, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

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