MARC 21 Concise Community Information: Title and Address Fields (2XX)

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2000 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats. Please see www.loc.gov/marc/concise/ for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21 Concise Formats.

Fields 245-270 contain titles and address information associated with community events, programs, etc.

245 - TITLE (NR)

The title of the event, program, etc. being described.

Indicators

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

Subfield Codes

$a - Title (NR)
$b - Remainder of title (NR)
$c - Remainder of field data (NR)
Any remaining data that are not more appropriately contained in another subfield.
$h - Medium (NR)
A media qualifier.
$n - Number of part/section of the title (R)
$p - Name of part/section of the title (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

245	#0$aAndy Williams Christmas Show.
245	#4$aThe Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
245	#0$aContemporary Music and Inter-disciplinary Music Theatre.
245	#0$aCity Board of Directors Meeting.
245	#0$aToys for Tots.

Go to top of document

246 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE (R)

A variant form of the title of the even, program, etc. present in field 245. Variant forms of names recorded in 1XX (Primary Names), 6XX (Subject Entries,) and 7XX (Added Entries) are not recorded in this field. Access to these variants is usually provided in MARC authority record 4xx (See From Tracing) fields.

Indicators

First - Undefined
- # - Undefined
Second - Type of title
A value that indicates the relationship of the title contained in field 246 with the title in field 245. The value also controls the generation of a note and an associated display constant.
- 0 - Portion of title
  No note is usually generated.
- 1 - Parallel title
  The 245 title in another language. No note is usually generated.
- 2 - Acronym
  Acronym: may be generated with the note.
- 3 - Other title
  A title that is not more appropriately indicated by one of the other values. Other 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)
Dates or sequential designations that indicate when the variant title was used.
$g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
Information such as (varies slightly) that is not more appropriately contained in another subfield.
$h - Medium (NR)
$n - Number of part/section of the title (R)
$p - Name of part/section of the title (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Example

246

#0$aArts Downcast

Go to top of document

247 - FORMER TITLE (R)

A title used prior to the field 245 title. An introductory phrase such as Former Title: is not carried in the MARC record. It may be generated based on the field tag.

Indicators

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

Subfield Codes

$a - Former title (NR)
$b - Remainder of title (NR)
$f - Dates of title use (NR)
Dates that indicate when the variant title was used.
$g - Miscellaneous information (NR)
$h - Medium (NR)
$n - Number of part/section of the title (R)
$p - Name of part/section of the title (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Go to top of document

270 - ADDRESS (R)

An address (as well as electronic access data such as telephone, fax, TTY, etc. number) associated with the community information. Multiple addresses, such as a mailing address and address corresponding to the physical location of a resource or facility, are recorded in separate occurrences of field 270.

Indicators

First - Level
A value that specifies the level of the address which distinguishes between primary and additional (secondary) addresses.
- # - No level specified
- 1 - Primary
- 2 - Secondary
Second - Type of address
A value that specifies the type of address for cases when identification of the type is needed at the field level.
- # - No type specified
- 0 - Mailing
- 7 - Type specified in subfield $i

Subfield Codes

$a - Address (R)
Includes information that no address is available. Subfield $a repeatability permits multiline display of the address.
$b - City (NR)
$c - State or province (NR)
$d - Country (NR)
$e - Postal code (NR)
$f - Title preceding attention name (NR)
$g - Attention name (NR)
$h - Title following attention name (NR)
$i - Type of address (NR)
Subfield $i is the first subfield in the field when no subfield $6 is present.
$j - Specialized telephone number (R)
A service number other than the administrative or other number contained in subfield $k, $l, or $n (e.g., a hotline number).
$k - Telephone number (R)
Includes information that no telephone number is available.
$l - Fax number (R)
$m - Electronic mail address (R)
$n - TDD or TTY number (R)
$p - Contact person (R)
Subfield $p is not used if the contact person is named in subfield $g.
$q - Title of contact person (R)
$r - Hours (R)
An indication of the hours that access to the address, contact, and/or telephone numbers is available.
$z - Public note (R)
$4 - Relator code (R)
A MARC code that specifies the relationship between the information in field 270 and the item described in the record. The source of the code is the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions that is maintained by the Library of Congress.
$6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

Examples

270	##$aJohns Hopkins University $a5457 Twin Knolls Road $bColumbia $cMD $e21045 $k997-8045
270	1#$aSt. Louis County Government Center, Room 212 $bClayton $cMO $e63143 $k878-0238 $pMarilyn Saunders
270	20$aTaylor, Barley and Winter $a1 East 90th St. $bNew York $cNY $e10021
270	1#$aBuckley School $a305 S. First St. $bBuckley $cMI $e49620
270	20$aSocorro Independent School District $aP.O. Box 27400 $bEl Paso $cTX $e79978
270	27$iU.S. business address $aEditorial Inca $a9610 SW 58th St. $bMiami $cFL $e33173
270	##$a6 Manor Court $bBaltimore $cMD $e21210 $k1-410-377-2860
270	1#$aPrichard Building, 9th St. and 6th Ave., Suite 524 $bHuntington $cWV $e25701 $k1-304-523-2827
270	1#$ac/o St. Luke's Church, 308 W. 46th St. $bNew York $cNY
270	##$aNo address given/sin dirección
270	10$gc/o M. Ballweg $a87 Woodward Ave., Staten Island $cNY $e10314 $k1-718-761-5679
	[A mailing address for a society that has no physical location.]
270	##$a622 Central Avenue $bTowson $cMD $e21204
270	##$a2150 300 W, Suite #16 $bSalt Lake City $cUT $e84115
270	##$aP.O. Box 8344 $bSalt Lake City $cUT $e84108
270	##$a1430 S. Boulder $bTulsa $cOK $e74119 $k1-918-583-7171
270	##$gGeorge Smith $hDirector $a8899 South Lobo St. $bVancouver $cBC $dCanada $eV2N 1Z5 $j1-800-543-1234 $k1-604-947-1255 $l1-604-947-0505 $mGSMITHBC
270	##$aUniversity of Alaska, 707 A St. $bAnchorage $cAK $e99501 $k1-901-279-4523
270	##$aBibliothèque américaine à Paris, 10, rue du Général Camou $bParis $dFrance $e75007
270	##$gKerry Cook $a6172 Devon Drive $bColumbia $cMD $e21045 $k1-301-596-1011
270	##$gExecutive Officer $a3701 Old Court Road, Suite 20 $bBaltimore $cMD $e21208 $k1-410-486-5515
270	27$iBilling address: $aSears Credit $a7023 Albert Pick Rd. $bGreensboro $cNC $e27409 $dUSA $j1-800-347-8425
270	17$iOffice: $a325 Spring St. $bNew York $cNY $e10013
270	#7$iCenter: $a179 Varick St. $bNew York $cNY
270	##$aP.O. Box 50007 $bPasadena $cCA $e91115 $j1-213-681-2626 (24 hour hotline)
270	##$a2500 Route 60 East $bOna $cWV $e25545 $j1-304-743-5500 (Emergency Dispatch Line) $k1-304-743-3262
270	##$a666 Broadway $bNew York $cNY $e10012 $j1-800-221-4602 $k1-212-460-9330 $pDonna M. Rosenthal
270	##$a4844 Broadway $bNew York $cNY $k1-212-569-5050
270	##$a100 Longridge Court $bTimonium $cMD $e21093 $k1-410-252-9326 $k1-410-252-1318 $pJohn or Sally Tullis
270	##$a8950 Route 108, Gorman Plaza, Suite 116 $bColumbia $cMD $e21045 $j1-410-997-CASA (hotline) $k1-410-997-0304
270	##$a5470 Beaverkill Road $aFlorence Bain Center $bColumbia $cMD $k1-410-964-0415 (Eve) $k1-410-461-0275 (Day)
270	##$aP.O. Box 74 $aStaten Island $cNY $kno phone/sin teléfono
270	##$k1-800-522-7116 $n1-800-523-3494 (TTY)
270	##$aInterNIC Information Services $bSan Diego $cCA $k1-619-455-4600 $l1-619-455-3900
270	##$aLibrary of Congress, $aNetwork Development and MARC Standards Office $bWashington $cDC $dU.S. $e20540-4102 $l1-202-707-0115 $mndmso@loc.gov
270	##$aLittle Patuxent Parkway $bColumbia $cMD $k1-410-992-4800 $n1-410-992-4822 (TDD)
270	20$aP.O. Box 223 $bBroken Arrow $cOK $e74013 $pSgt. Kathy Hibner
270	##$aHannah More Academy Center, 12035 Reisterstown Rd. $bReisterstown $cMD $e21136 $k1-410-887-1139 $pIan J. Forrest $qBureau Chief
270	##$aJohns Hopkins University $a5457 Twin Knolls Road $bColumbia $cMD $e21045 $k+1-410-997-8045 $rM-F 8:30am-5:00pm USA EST
270	1#$aOCLC Online Computer Library Center $a6565 Frantz Rd. $bDublin $cOH $e43017 $4org

Go to top of document

MARC 21 Concise Format for Community Information Home Page | MARC Home Page
Library of Congress Home Page

Library of Congress

Library of Congress Help Desk (03/12/2002)