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082 - Dewey Decimal Classification Number (R)


MARC 21 Community Information - Full
October 2008

First Indicator
Type of edition
0 - Full edition
1 - Abridged edition

Second Indicator
Source of call number
# - No information provided
0 - Assigned by LC
4 - Assigned by agency other than LC


Subfield Codes
$a - Classification number (R)
$b - Item number (NR)
$m - Standard or optional designation (NR)
$q - Assigning agency (NR)
$2 - Edition number (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)


FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Classification number that is assigned from Dewey Decimal Classification, Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification, and/or DC& Dewey Decimal Classification Additions, Notes and Decisions, all of which are maintained by the Library of Congress.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Type of edition
Value that specifies whether the classification number is from the full or the abridged edition of the classification schedules. The actual edition number is contained in subfield ‡2.
0 - Full edition
Class number was taken from the full edition.
110 2#$aAlcoholics Anonymous.
082 04$a362.29286$220
1 - Abridged edition
Class number was taken from the abridged edition.
110 2#$aBulimia Self-Help Group.
082 14$a362.2$212
Second Indicator - Source of call number
Value that indicates whether the source of the class number is the Library of Congress or another organization.
# - No information provided
No information is provided about the source of the class number.
0 - Assigned by LC
Source of the class number is the Library of Congress. Also used by organizations transcribing from LC copy.
4 - Assigned by agency other than LC
Source of the class number is an organization other than the Library of Congress.
110 2#$aWasatch Front Road Runners.
082 04$a613.71720607922$220

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Classification number
110 2#$aBarnett Child Care Center.
082 04$a362.7120975442$220
$b - Item number
Item number portion of a call number.
$m - Standard or optional designation
Whether the classification number contained in the field is from the standard or optional part of the schedules or tables of the scheme identified by the first indicator (Type of edition) and by subfield ‡2 (Edition number). The following codes are used: a (standard) and b (optional).
082 00$a345.73/0772$220$ma
082 00$a347.305772$220$mb
$q - Assigning agency
MARC organization code of the institution that assigned the classification number. Code from: MARC Code List for Organizations.
082 04$a004$222/ger$qDE-101b
$2 - Edition number
Number of the edition of the Dewey classification schedules from which the classification was assigned. If numbers are assigned from more than one edition, each number or range of numbers is contained in a separate 082 field.
110 2#$aChildren's Place.
082 04$a372.975442$220
$6 - Linkage
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

$m - Standard or optional designation [NEW, 2008]
$q - Assigning agency [NEW, 2008]

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