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886 - Foreign MARC Information Field (R)

MARC 21 Bibliographic - 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This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Used when converting foreign MARC records into the MARC format. Contains data from a foreign MARC record for which there is no corresponding MARC field.

Indicators

First - Type of field

0 - Leader

1 - Variable control fields (002-009)

2 - Variable data fields (010-999)

Second - Undefined

# - Undefined

Subfield Codes

$a - Tag of the foreign MARC field (NR)

Not present when the first indicator value is 0 (Leader). When it is present, subfield $a is the second subfield in the field, immediately before subfield $b.

$b - Content of the foreign MARC field (NR)

$2 - Source of data (NR)

MARC code for the foreign MARC format from which the record is converted. Must be first subfield in the field. Code from: MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description Conventions.

$a-z - Foreign MARC subfield (R)

$0-9 - Foreign MARC subfield (R)

Examples


886	0#$2intermrc$b00860nambb6200206###4500


886	2#$2ibermarc$a019 $b##$aVG 586-1992


886	2#$2unimrur$a709 $b1#$aNapalkov (Litvak), Vladimir Nikolaevich: sm.


886	2#$2ukmarc$a690 $b00$a00030$dGreat Britain$z11030$abutterflies $z21030$alife cycles

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