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MARC fields 110-260

Fields 100-130 contain a name or a uniform title heading used as a main entry in bibliographic records. Except for the definitions of indicator positions and subfield codes that are field specific, the content designation for each type of name and for uniform titles is consistent for Main Entry (100-130), Series Statement (400-440), Subject Access (600-630), Added Entry (700-730), and Series Added Entry (800-830) fields.

Fields 210-247 contain the title of the item described in the bibliographic record and variant titles that also apply to the item. These fields may be used to generate access points and to display notes for the various titles.

Fields 250-270 contain edition, imprint, address, and other publication source information, and data related to specific forms of material that apply to the item described in the bibliographic record.

• 110 - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (NR)
• 111 - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME (NR)
• 130 - MAIN ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE (NR)
• 210 - ABBREVIATED TITLE (R)
• 222 - KEY TITLE (R)
• 240 - UNIFORM TITLE (NR)
• 245 - TITLE STATEMENT (NR)
• 246 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE (R)
• 250 - EDITION STATEMENT (NR)
• 256 - COMPUTER FILE CHARACTERISTICS (NR)
• 260 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) (NR)

110 - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (NR)

A corporate name used as a main entry in a bibliographic record.

Indicators

• First - Type of corporate name entry element
  A value that indicates the form of the entry element of the name.
  • 0 - Inverted name
    The corporate name begins with a personal name in inverted order.
  • 1 - Jurisdiction name
    The entry element is a name of a jurisdiction that is also an ecclesiastical entity or is a jurisdiction name under which a corporate name or a title of a work is entered.
  • 2 - Name in direct order
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element (NR)
  A name of a corporate body or the first entity when subordinate units are present; a jurisdiction name under which a corporate body, city section, or a title of a work is entered; or a jurisdiction name that is also an ecclesiastical entity.
• $b - Subordinate unit (R)
  A name of a subordinate corporate unit, a name of a city section, or a name of a meeting entered under a corporate or jurisdiction name.
• $c - Location of meeting (NR)
  A place name or a name of an institution where a meeting was held.
• $d - Date of meeting or treaty signing (R)
  The date a meeting was held or, in a name/title field, the date a treaty was signed.
• $e - Relator term (R)
  A term that describes the relationship between a name and a work.
• $f - Date of a work (NR)
  A date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title field.
• $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
  The name of the other party to a treaty in a name/title field; a subelement that is not more appropriately contained in subfield $c, $d, or $n in a meeting entered under a corporate name; or a data element that is not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield in any other type of corporate name field.
• $k - Form subheading (R)
• $l - Language of a work (NR)
  A name designation of a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title field.
• $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R)
  A number designation for a meeting entered under a corporate name or for a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title field.
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
  A name designation of a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title field.
• $t - Title of a work (NR)
  A uniform title, a title page title of a work, or a series title used in a name/title field.
• $u - Affiliation (NR)
  An affiliation or address of the name.
• $4 - Relator code (R)
  A Marc code for the relator term that describes the relationship between a name and a work. The code is taken from the MARC Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

111 - MAIN ENTRY--MEETING NAME (NR)

A meeting name used as a main entry in a bibliographic record.

Indicators

• First - Type of meeting name entry element
  A value that indicates the form of the entry element of the name.
  • 0 - Inverted name
    The meeting name begins with a personal name in inverted order.
  • 1 - Jurisdiction name
    The entry element is a jurisdiction name under which a meeting name is entered.
  • 2 - Name in direct order
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element (NR)
  A name of a meeting, or the first entity when subordinate units are present; or a jurisdiction name under which a meeting name is entered in a pre-AACR 2 formulated field.
• $c - Location of meeting (NR)
  A place name or a name of an institution where a meeting was held.
• $d - Date of meeting (NR)
• $e - Subordinate unit (R)
  The name of a subordinate unit entered under a meeting name.
• $f - Date of a work (NR)
  A date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title field.
• $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
  A data element not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield.
• $k - Form subheading (R)
• $l - Language of a work (NR)
  The name of a language(s) used with a title of a work in a name/title field.
• $n - Number of part/section/meeting (R)
  A number designation for a meeting entered under a corporate name or for a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title field
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
  A name designation of a part or section of a work used with a title in a name/title field.
• $q - Name of meeting following jurisdiction name entry element (NR)
  The name of a meeting that is entered under a jurisdiction name contained in subfield $a.
• $t - Title of a work (NR)
  A uniform title, a title page of a work, or a series title used in a name/title field.
• $u - Affiliation (NR)
  An affiliation or address of the name.
• $4 - Relator code (R)
  A Marc code for the relator term that describes the relationship between a name and a work. The code is taken from the MARC Code List for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

130 - MAIN ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE (NR)

A uniform title used as a main entry in a bibliographic record.

Indicators

• First - Nonfiling characters
  A value that indicates the number of character positions associated with an initial definite or indefinite article at the beginning of a main entry that are to be disregarded in sorting and filing processes.
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters present
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Uniform title (NR)
• $d - Date of treaty signing (R)
• $f - Date of a work (NR)
• $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
  A date of publication used with a title of a work in a name/title field.
• $h - Medium (NR)
  A media qualifier.
• $k - Form subheading (R)
• $l - Language of a work (NR)
• $m - Medium of performance for music (R)
• $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
• $o - Arranged statement for music (NR)
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
• $r - Key for music (NR)
• $s - Version (NR)
• $t - Title of a work (NR)
  A title-page title of an item.
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

Examples

210 - ABBREVIATED TITLE (R)

Abbreviations of the nouns and adjectives in the Key Title (field 222) that are determined by national centers under the auspices of the International Serials Data System in accordance with IS0 4, Documentation Rules for the Abbreviation of Title Words and Titles of Publications and List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations. (The abbreviated title is an agency-assigned data element.)

Indicators

• First - Title added entry
  A value that indicates whether an added entry for the title is to be generated.
  • 0 - No added entry
  • 1 - Added entry
• Second - Type
  • # - Abbreviated key title
  • 0 - Other abbreviated title

Subfield Codes

• $a - Abbreviated title (NR)
• $b - Qualifying information (NR)
  Abbreviated form of the parenthetical qualifying information contained in the key title (field 222).
• $2 - Source (R)
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

222 - KEY TITLE (R)

A unique title for a serial that is assigned in conjunction with an ISSN recorded in field 022 by national centers under the auspices of the International Serials Data System. (The key title is an agency-assigned data element.)
A note formatted as ISSN [number] = [Key Title] (AACR 2) or Key title: [title], ISSN [number] (pre-AACR 2) is not carried in the MARC record. It may be generated from data in field 022 (International Standard Serial Number), field 222, and the value in Leader/18 (Descriptive cataloging form).

Indicators

• First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
• Second - Nonfiling characters
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters
    Contains a value that specifies the number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., Le, An) at the beginning of a title that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes.

Subfield Codes

• $a - Key title (NR)
• $b - Qualifying information (NR)
  Parenthetical information that makes a title unique.
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

240 - UNIFORM TITLE (NR)

The uniform title for an item when the bibliographic description is entered under a main entry field that contains a personal (field 100), corporate (110), or meeting (111) name. The brackets that customarily enclose a uniform title are not carried in the MARC record. They may be generated based on the field tag.

Indicators

• First - Uniform title printed or displayed
  A value that indicates whether the uniform title is printed or displayed.
  • 0 - Not printed or displayed
  • 1 - Printed or displayed
• Second - Nonfiling characters
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters
    contains a value that specifies the number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., Le, An) at the beginning of a title that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes

Subfield Codes

• $a - Uniform title (NR)
• $d - Date of treaty signing (R)
• $f - Date of a work (NR)
• $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
  A data element not more appropriately contained in another defined subfield.
• $h - Medium (NR)
  A media qualifier.
• $k - Form subheading (R)
• $l - Language of a work (NR)
• $m - Medium of performance for music (R)
• $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
• $o - Arranged statement for music (NR)
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
• $r - Key for music (NR)
• $s - Version (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

245 - TITLE STATEMENT (NR)

The title and statement of responsibility area of the bibliographic description of a work.

Indicators

• First - Title added entry
  A value that indicates whether a title added entry is to be generated from field 245.
  • 0 - No added entry
    The added entry is different from the title in field 245 (the record contains a field 246), or no title added entry is desired.
  • 1 - Added entry
    The desired title added entry is the same as the title in field 245. The tracing Title., preceded by a roman numeral, may be generated.
• Second - Nonfiling characters
  • 0-9 - Number of nonfiling characters
    Contains a value that specifies the number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g., Le, An) at the beginning of a title that are disregarded in sorting and filing processes.

Subfield Codes

• $a - Title (NR)
• $b - Remainder of title (NR)
• $c - Statement of responsibility, etc. (NR)
• $f - Inclusive dates (NR)
  The time period during which the entire content of the described materials was created.
• $g - Bulk dates (NR)
  The time period during which the bulk of the content of the described materials was created.
• $h - Medium (NR)
• $k - Form (R)
  A term that is descriptive of the form of the described materials, determined by an examination of their physical character, the subject of their intellectual content, or the order of information within them.
• $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
• $s - Version (NR)
  The name, code, or description of a copy of the described materials that was generated at different times or for different audiences.
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

Examples

246 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE (R)

A form of the title appearing on different parts of an item or a portion of the title proper, or an alternative form of the title when the form differs significantly from the title contained in field 245.

Indicators

• First - Note/added entry controller
  A value that indicates whether an added entry for the title is to be generated.
  • 0 - Note, no added entry
  • 1 - Note, added entry
  • 2 - No note, no title added entry
  • 3 - No note, added entry
• Second - Type of title
  A value that indicates the type of title contained in field 246 and controls the generation of a note and an associated display constant. All of the values except 0 and 1 generate a note field.
  • # - No type specified
  • 0 - Portion of title
    An added entry may be generated by first indicator value 1. No note is generated.
  • 1 - Parallel title
    The parallel title that is contained in subfield $b of field 245. No note is generated.
  • 2 - Distinctive title
    A special title that appears in addition to the regular title on individual issues of an item and by which the issue may be known. Distinctive title: may be generated with the note.
  • 3 - Other title
    A title that appears on the piece that is not more appropriately indicated by one of the other values. Other title: may be generated with the note.
  • 4 - Cover title
    A title that is printed on the original cover of a publication or lettered or stamped on the publisher's binding and which is used when the cover is not the chief source of the bibliographic description. Cover title: may be generated with the note.
  • 5 - Added title page title
    A title in another language found on a title page that is not used as the chief source of the bibliographic description. Added title page title: may be generated with the note.
  • 6 - Caption title
    A title printed at the head of the first page of text. Caption title: may be generated with the note.
  • 7 - Running title
    A title printed at the top or bottom margin of each page of a publication. Running title: may be generated with the note.
  • 8 - Spine title
    A publisher's title found on the spine of a publication. Spine title: may be generated with the note.

Subfield Codes

• $a - Title proper/short title (NR)
• $b - Remainder of title (NR)
• $f - Date or sequential designation (NR)
  A date or a volume/issue number that relates the variant title to the bibliographic description when a note is generated from the field.
• $g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
• $h - Medium (NR)
• $i - Display text (NR)
• $n - Number of part/section of a work (R)
• $p - Name of part/section of a work (R)
• $5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

Examples

250 - EDITION STATEMENT (NR)

Information relating to the edition of a work as determined by applicable cataloging rules.

Indicators

• First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Edition statement (NR)
• $b - Remainder of edition statement (NR)
  Usually, a statement of personal or corporate responsibility and/or a parallel edition statement.
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

256 - COMPUTER FILE CHARACTERISTICS (NR)

Characteristics of a computer file, such as the type of file, the number of records or statements.

Indicators

• First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

   

Subfield Codes

• $a - Computer file characteristics (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

Examples

260 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) (NR)

Information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a work.

Indicators

• First - Undefined
  • # - Undefined
• Second - Undefined
  • # - Undefined

Subfield Codes

• $a - Place of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
  May contain the abbreviation [S.l.] when the place is unknown.
• $b - Name of publisher, distributor, etc. (R)
  May contain the abbreviation [s.n.] when the name is unknown.
• $c - Date of publication, distribution, etc. (R)
  May contain multiple dates (e.g., dates of publication and copyright).
• $e - Place of manufacture (NR)
• $f - Manufacturer (NR)
  May contain the abbreviation [s.n.] when the name is unknown.
• $g - Date of manufacture (NR)
• $6 - Linkage (NR)
• $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

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