64X - Series Treatment-General Information


MARC 21 Authority
October 1999

This is an ARCHIVED VERSION of the 2009/2010 electronic edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.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

Fields 640-646 contain information concerning the treatment of a 1XX series heading when that heading is used in bibliographic records. Other series treatment information is contained in the fixed-length data elements of field 008 and in link, standard number, and call number fields in the 01X-09X fields.

640 - Series Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (R)
641 - Series Numbering Peculiarities (R)
642 - Series Numbering Example (R)
643 - Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body (R)
644 - Series Analysis Practice (R)
645 - Series Tracing Practice (R)
646 - Series Classification Practice (R)

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