082 - Dewey Decimal Call Number (R)
MARC 21 Authority - Concise
2008
This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the
2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise
Formats. Please see loc.gov/marc/concise/
for the most up-to-date version of the electronic MARC 21
Concise Formats.
Call number for a series when all or part of the series is
classified as a collected set or with the main series (646,
Series Classification Practice, subfield $a, code c or m).
Source of the classification number is the the Dewey
Decimal Classification and Relative Index; the
Abridged Dewey Decimal Classification and Relative
Index; and electronic updates to either edition. Through
1997, updates were issued in the DC& Dewey Decimal
Classification Additions, Notes and Decisions.
Indicators
First - Type of edition
0 - Full
1 - Abridged
Second - Source of call number
# - No information provided
0 - Assigned by LC
4 - Assigned by agency other than LC
Subfield Codes
$a - Classification number (NR)
$b - Item number (NR)
$d - Volumes/dates to which call number applies (NR)
Statement that is used only when the call number does not
apply to all items in the series. Applies to: may
be generated for display.
$2 - Edition number (NR)
Number of the edition of the Dewey classification schedules
from which the class number is assigned. The abbreviation
dc that may precede the edition number may be
generated for display.
$5 - Institution to which field applies (R)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
Examples
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