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640 - Series Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or sequential designations used on items in a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. May also contain a citation for the source of the information.

Indicators

First - Note format style

0 - Formatted style

1 - Unformatted style

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Dates of publication and/or sequential designation (NR)

$z - Source of information (NR)

Citation for the source of the information contained in subfield $a. Instruction term: Cf. may be generated for display.

$6 - Linkage (NR)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples


640	0#$av. 1 (Apr. 1970)-
640	0#$a1972-
640	1#$aVols. published for the years 1953-1966
640	1#$aComplete in 15 v.
640	1#$aCalendar year 1982 pub. in 1983$zp. 3
640	1#$aVol. 1 pub. in 1954$zp. 2 of cov., v. 15
640	1#$aProjected in 6 v.$zv. 1, p. 316

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