| First Indicator | Second Indicator |
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| Type of number 0 - Issue number 1 - Matrix number 2 - Plate number 3 - Other music publisher number 4 - Video recording publisher number 5 - Other publisher number 6 - Distributor number |
Note/added entry controller 0 - No note, no added entry 1 - Note, added entry 2 - Note, no added entry 3 - No note, added entry |
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Formatted number used for sound recordings, printed music, other music-related materials, and video recordings. Publisher's and distributor's numbers that are given in an unformatted form are recorded in field 500 (General Note). A print constant identifying the kind of publisher or distributor number may be generated based on the value in the first indicator position. Repeatable for multiple numbers associated with an item.
Numbers that are identified as stock numbers are recorded in field 037 (Source of Acquisition).
First Indicator - Type of number
Number used to identify the issue designation, or serial identification, assigned by a publisher to a specific sound recording, side of a sound recording, or performance on a sound recording or to a group of sound recordings issued as a set.
Appears on the record label or, in some cases for a group of sound recordings, on the packaging of these recordings.
| 028 | 01$aSTMA 8007$bTamla Motown [An issue number] |
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Master from which the specific recording was pressed.
| 028 | 11$a256A090$bDeutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [A matrix number] |
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Assigned by a publisher to a specific music publication.
| 028 | 22$aB. & H. 8797$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8798$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8799$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8800$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8801$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 500 | ##$aPl. no. : B. & H. 8797-8801 [Plate numbers] |
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Other than an issue, matrix, or plate number.
| 028 | 42$aVM5108$bVidmark Entertainment | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$aMV600167$bMGM/UA | ||||||||
Other than any of the other defined values (i.e., it is not a publisher number for a sound recording, music, or a video recording).
Assigned by a distributor to a specific music/music-related publication or to a specific video recording. If in doubt as to whether a number is a Publisher number or a Distributor number, record it as a Publisher number.
Second Indicator - Note/added entry controller
Whether a note and/or an added entry generated from the content of this field is required for display.
Neither a note or an added entry needs to be generated.
| 028 | 00$aRF 202$bRBF | ||||||||
| 500 | ##$aRBF: RF 202(x)A-RF 202(x)D. Imperfect: Side D
scratched. [An issue number for which no note or added entry is desired; note provides other information.] |
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| 028 | 40$aMV600167$bMGM/UA [A video recording publisher number for which no note or added entry are desired.] |
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Both a note and an added entry need to be displayed.
Note is displayed, but no added entry is required.
No note is displayed but an added entry is required.
$a - Publisher or distributor number
| 028 | 00$aGV-201A$bGood Vibrations Records | ||||||||
| 028 | 11$aL27410X$bChaparral | ||||||||
| 028 | 40$aVA5386$bVestron Video | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$aPJC 222013$bParis Jazz Corner Productions | ||||||||
| 028 | 62$aHM 76$bHarmonia Mundi [A sound recording issued by Paris Jazz Corner Productions and distributed by Harmonia Mundi.] |
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$b - Source
Source of the publisher or distributor number. Varies according to the type of publication and the type of number being recorded. For sound recordings and video recordings, label and distributor names are recorded in subfield $b. For printed music and music-related materials, publisher and distributor names are recorded in subfield $b.
| 028 | 00$aM4X-31427$bColumbia | ||||||||
| 028 | 10$aJ-18961M-A$bCountry Line | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$aK0904$bKartemquin Films | ||||||||
| 028 | 62$aDV98597$bFacets Multimedia [A video recording published by Kartemquin Films and distributed by Facets Multimedia.] |
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$q - Qualifying information
Contains qualifiers associated with the number such as part to which number pertains, where number found on item, etc.
| 028 | 02$a438 953-2$bPhilips Classics$q(set) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a438 954-2$bPhilips Classics$q(disc 1) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a438 955-2$bPhilips Classics$q(disc 2) [2 CDs, with a number for the set and a number for each CD] |
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| 028 | 02$aK2 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on label) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a7234 8 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on container spine) [CD with two different numbers, one on the label and the other on the container spine] |
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| 028 | 42$a440 073 032-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(set and guide) | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$a440 073 033-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(disc 1) | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$a440 073 034-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(disc 2) [2 DVDs, with number for the set and a number for each DVD] |
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$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.
Punctuation - Field 028 does not end with a mark of punctuation. All spacing and punctuation internal to the number are carried in field 028.
Display Constants
| PL. no.: |
| Publisher's no.: |
| Distributor's no.: |
These legends are not carried in the MARC record. They may be system generated as display constants associated with the value in the first and second indicator positions.
The following instruction was removed from the definition of indicator value 1: "Use as an identifying number when the item has no issue or label number".
Changed to include distributor numbers.