876-878 - Item Information-General Information
MARC 21 Holdings -Concise
2008
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2008 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise
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876 - Item Information -
Basic Bibliographic Unit (R)
877 - Item Information -
Supplementary Material (R)
878 - Item Information -
Indexes (R)
Item Information Fields - General Information
Item level information about the pieces to the item
specified in the holdings record. They contain various data
elements that it may be desirable to record for specific items
for use in acquisition or circulation applications, among
others.
Linking Item Information to Holdings Items
- For the following holdings configurations and levels, item
fields are linked to the pieces to which they apply as
indicated below.
Single physical part holdings item:
- One copy, one 852 field - Item fields do not
need a linking subfield as all apply to the one holdings
item. (Holdings are recorded at level 1 or 2 in Leader/17
(Encoding Level).
- Multiple copies, one or more 852 fields -
Subfield $3 is used to link item fields to the appropriate
copy in 852 field(s). (Holdings are recorded at level 1 or 2
in Leader/17 (Encoding Level).)
Multiple physical part holdings item:
- Holdings in 866-868 (Textual Holdings) fields -
Subfield $3 is used to link item fields to the appropriate
part specified in fields 866-868. (Holdings are recorded at
level 3 or 4 in Leader/17 (Encoding Level).)
- Holdings in 863-865 (Enumeration and Chronology)
fields - Subfield $8 is used to link item fields to the
appropriate part specified in fields 863-865. Each part
(volume or volumes) for which item level information is
included requires a separate 863-865 field. (Holdings are
recorded at level 3 or 4 with piece designation in Leader/17
(Encoding Level).
Embedded Holdings Information
When holdings information is embedded in a MARC bibliographic
record, multiple 876-878 fields may be used only when the
information does not include other holdings information
fields that must be linked to a specific 876-878 field for
intelligibility. When field linking is required, one 876-878
field and the other fields associated with it may be embedded
in the bibliographic record. Separate holdings records must
be made for each of the other 876-878 fields and its
associated fields. However, multiple 852 fields may exist in
the record with related item information in fields 876-878,
specifying the copy number to which they apply using subfield
$t (Copy number) or the subset using subfield $3 (Materials
specified).
INDICATORS
First - Undefined
# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
SUBFIELD CODES
$a - Internal item number
Unique identifying number for the item.
$b - Invalid or canceled internal item
number
$c - Cost
Price or cost replacement fee for the item. May be
qualified in parentheses by type of cost, e.g., normal,
discounted, replacement.
$d - Date acquired
Date the item was acquired in the form YYYYMMDD.
If it is associated with a cost, it follows the subfield $c
(Cost) to which it applies. The date is recorded according
to Representations of Dates and Time (ISO 8601).
$e - Source of acquisition
$h - Use restrictions
Any restrictions on the use of the item. It is used when it
is necessary to include information that is too item
specific to be handled by field 506 (Restrictions on Access
Note) in the bibliographic record.
$j - Item status
Information about the permanent status of the item, e.g.
lost or withdrawn.
$l - Temporary location
Temporary location information relative to the permanent
location specified in field 852 (Location).
$p - Piece designation
Barcode or other machine-readable piece designation (such
as OCR) associated with the item.
$r - Invalid or canceled piece designation
$t - Copy number
$x - Nonpublic note
$z - Public note
$3 - Materials specified
$8 - Field link and sequence number
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