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640 - Series Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (R)

MARC 21 Authority - Full
October 1999
First Indicator
Note format style
0 - Formatted style
1 - Unformatted style

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Dates of publication and/or sequential designation (NR)
$z - Source of information (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or sequential designations used on items in a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. May also contain a citation for the source of the information.

Information may be recorded in either a formatted or an unformatted style.

Sequential designation information in this field is not an example of the form of series numbering that may be used in a bibliographic record; that information is contained in field 642 (Series Numbering Example). Report year coverage and numbering peculiarities information is contained in field 641 (Series Numbering Peculiarities).

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Note format style
Whether the note in subfield $a is in a formatted or an unformatted style.
0 - Formatted style
1 - Unformatted style
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Dates of publication and/or sequential designation
Designation of the beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or the extent of items within a series.
640 1#$aComplete in 15 v.
640 1#$aVols. published for the years 1864-1910
$z - Source of information
Citation for the source of the information contained in subfield $a. Instruction term: Cf. may be generated for display.
640 1#$aCalendar year 1982 pub. in 1983$zp. 3
640 1#$aVol. 1 pub. in 1954$zp. 2 of cov., v. 15
640 1#$aProjected in 6 v.$zv. 1, p. 316
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Subfield $a does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the subfield ends with an abbreviation, an initialism, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.
640 1#$aBegan pub. in 1978$zOCLC 8253525
640 1#$aComplete in 18 v.$zv. 1, series t.p.

Field 640 does not end with a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, an initialism, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.
640 1#$aPlanned in 2 v.$zv. 2, CIP info. Vol. 2 pub. in 1985
640 1#$aComplete in 22 v.$zv. 3, pref.
640 1#$aCeased with 2 (1964)
640 0#$av. 1 (Apr. 1970)-
Spacing - One space separates terms/abbreviations and numeric/alphabetic designations.
640 1#$aComplete in 16 v.$zv. 1, introd.
Display Constant
-Cf. [associated with the content of subfield $z]
Instruction term -Cf. is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the content of subfield $z.
Content designated field:
640 1#$aCalendar year 1982 pub. in 1983$zp. 3
Display example: 
Calendar year 1982 pub. in 1983-Cf. p. 3
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