087 - Government Document Classification Number (R)


MARC 21 Authority - Concise
2007

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2009/2010 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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.

Single government document classification number, number stem, or a number span associated with a 1XX heading in an established heading record. The classification number(s) may be qualified by explanatory information when the heading is represented by more than one number in the same classification scheme.

Indicators
First - Number source
# - Source specified in subfield $2
0 - Superintendent of Documents Classification System
1 - Government of Canada Publications: Outline of Classification
Second - Undefined
# - Undefined
Subfield Codes
$a - Classification number element-Single number of beginning number of span (NR)
$b - Classification number element-Ending number of span (NR)
$c - Explanatory information (NR)
$2 - Number source (NR)
MARC code that identifies the government document classification system or scheme when the first indicator position contains value blank (#). Source of the MARC code is Classification Scheme Source Codes that is maintained by the Library of Congress.
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Examples
087 0#$aY 4.N 16
087 1#$aFs-85
087 ##$aWR$c1987- $2ordocs
087 0#$aHE 20.8216
087 ##$aSTA 993$2nydocs
087 1#$aFs-20$bFs-29
087 ##$aY/G29/2$c1987- $2ordocs

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