351 - Organization and Arrangement of Materials (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2008

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Information about the organization and arrangement of a collection of items.

Indicators
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Subfield Codes
$a - Organization (R)
Manner in which the described materials are subdivided into smaller units, such as how record groups are divided into series and series into subseries. For computer files, contains information about the file structure or the name of the computer software or system.
$b - Arrangement (R)
Pattern of arrangement of materials within a unit (e.g., alphabetical, chronological, by country, by office of origin, etc.).
$c - Hierarchical level (NR)
Hierarchical position of the described materials relative to other records from the same source.
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
Part of the described materials to which the field applies.
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
351 ##$aOrganized into subdivisions: Lot 2962-1 Indoor Classes, Activities and Displays--Lot 2962-2 Outdoor Classes--Lot 2962-3 Buildings.
351 ##$aFixed-length, nonhierarchical;$bMonth by carrier code and flight number.
351 ##$3Diaries and notebooks$aOrganized into four series: I. Youth, 1846-1852. II. Early Career,1853-1865. III. Political Life, 1866-1895. IV. Retirement, 1896-1903;$bChronological arrangement.
351 ##$aSPSS system file.
351 ##$cSeries;$bAlphabetical by sitter.
351 ##$cSeries;$aOrganized into five subseries;$bArranged by form of material.
351 ##$3Permits for fishery operations, 1914-24$cSubseries;$bAlphabetical by state then by year of renewal and within year by permit number.


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