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646 - Series Classification Practice (R)


MARC 21 Authority - Full
October 1999

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Series classification practice (NR)
$d - Volumes/dates to which classification practice applies (NR)
$5 - Institution to which field applies (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

One-character alphabetic code that indicates a specific organization's classification practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. May also contain the volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the classification practice applies.

Code specifies whether the volumes in the series are classified as a collection, with the main series, or separately. Field 646 is not used to indicate that a series-like phrase is not classified. Varying classification practices for different ranges of volumes/dates within a series, for different copies or sets within the same organization, or for different organizations are contained in separate 646 fields.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Series classification practice
646 ##$ac$d< -1981>$5DLC
646 ##$as$d<160- >$5DLC
130 #0$aBibliothèque des "Temps nouveau" (Series)
646 ##$as$5DLC
[No class number assigned to series classified separately.]
100 1#$aDostoyevsky, Fyodor,$d1821-1881.$tWorks.$f1972
646 ##$ac$5DLC
050 #0$aPG3325$b.A1 1972
130 #0$aTrudy Instituta eksperimental´nol meteorologii.$pSerila “Fizika nizhnel atmosfery"
646 ##$am$5DLC
050 #0$aQC851$b.L455 subser.
130 #0$aTechnical report (Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, Hawaii)
646 ##$as$5DLC
646 ##$ac$5DI
090 ##$aQH198.H3$bC66$5DI
$d - Volumes/dates to which classification practice applies
Statement used only when the classification practice contained in subfield $a does not apply to all items of the series. Applies to: may be generated for display.
130 #0$aOccasional paper (Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dept. of Geography)
646 ##$ac$dno. 65-$5DLC
646 ##$as$dno. 1-64$5DLC
050 #0$aG1$b.O228$dno. 65-
$5 - Institution to which field applies
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
130 #0$aI.U.B. symposium series
646 ##$as$5DLC$5ICU
130 #0$aAmericana Germanica
646 ##$as$5DLC$5DLC photo-offset reprint
$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 - Field 646 does not end with a period as a mark of punctuation unless the field ends with an abbreviation, an initialism, or other data that ends with a mark of punctuation.
646 ##$as$5DLC photo-offset reprint
Capitalization - Code in subfield $a is input in lowercase.
646 ##$ac$5NjP
Spacing - One space separates terms/abbreviations and numeric/alphabetic designations.
646 ##$as$dv. 20-$5DLC
646 ##$ac$dv. 1-19$5DLC
Order - 646 field for current classification practice precedes the 646 field for earlier practice.
646 ##$ac$dv. 10, no. 4-$5DLC
646 ##$as$dv. 1, no. 1-v.10, no. 2-3$5DLC
Display Constants
: Classified separately [associated with code s in subfield $a]
: Classified as a collection [associated with code c in subfield $a]
: Classified with main or other series [associated with code m in subfield $a]
Applies to: [associated with the content of subfield $d]
( ... ) [parentheses associated with the content of each subfield $5]
Phrases such as Classified separately, Classified as a collection, or Classified with main or other series are not carried in the MARC record. They may be system generated as display constants associated with the code contained in subfield $a. A phrase such as Applies to: is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the content of subfield $d.
Content designated field:
646 ##$as$dv. 20-$5DLC
Display example: 
s: Classified separately Applies to: v. 20- (DLC)

Parentheses enclosing the MARC code are not carried in the MARC record. They may be system generated as a display constant associated with the content of each subfield $5.
Content designated field:
646 ##$ac$5DLC$5DI
Display example: 
c: Classified as a collection (DLC) (DI)

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