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8.19. Serial

Last Updated 05/11/2023


Serial MARC Template

Fixed Field Value

Comment
Type a     a = Language Material
BLvl s     s = Serial
Desc i     i = RDA coding
Elvl 1      
Form       leave blank for a regular print item; use "d" for large print
Conf 0      
Audn e     e = adults ; j = juvenile ; d = adolescent ; g = general
SrTp       n = newspaper ; p = periodical
Regl       regularity: n = normalized irregular ; r = regular ; u = unknown ; x = completely irregular
Orig       Form of original format: e = newspaper
Freq       Frequency: d = daily ; m = monthly ; w = weekly
DtSt       'c' = still in publication ; 'd' = publication ceased
Lang eng     eng = English ; change as appropriate
Date1 yyyy     Year publication began
Date2 yyyy     If item is a serial and DtSt = 'd', year of final publication ; If a serial and DtSt = 'c', not needed
Ctry       Country (and state if US) ; right click for options
         
Tag Ind 1 Ind 2 Variable fields Comment
003     CARDINAL  
008     960912d18971900ncudn\nea 0 0eng d  
010     $a LCCN
022     $a ISSN
035     $a OCLC number
040     $beng$erda  
245 0 0 $a :$b Title.
264   1 $a$b$c
Publisher Info ; if record has 260, replace with 264. If year of first issue is known, put that year followed by dash in $c (i.e. 2019-). Otherwise, leave out $c.
300     $avolumes  
310     $a Publication frequency ; i.e. 'Daily', 'Monthly', etc.
321     $a$b Former Publication Frequency (optional) ; $a = former frequency (i.e. 'Monthly', 'Daily') ; $b = dates of former frequency (i.e. '1957-1962')
336     $atext$btxt$2rdacontent  
337     $unmediated$bn$2rdamedia  
338     $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier  
362 1     Dates of publication and/or sequence (i.e. 'Began in 1897')
500     $a May be needed for additional information that would be useful to patrons (and visible in OPAC view).
650   0 $a$vPeriodicals LC subject heading indicator. Must use LC controlled vocabulary for these subject headings
655   7 $aPeriodicals$2lcgft  
710 2   $a Corporate name.

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