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Local Subfield for Field 260 (Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint))


MARC 21 Bibliographic - Local
October 2003

Subfield Code
$d - Plate or publisher's number for music (Pre-AACR 2) (NR)
 

SUBFIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Used in the United States to support retrospective conversion of Pre-AACR 2 cataloging records. It was made obsolete in CAN/MARC in 1988.

$d - Plate or publisher's number for music (Pre-AACR 2)
Plate number or publisher's number assigned to printed music. Subfield $d is only used in bibliographic records created according to pre-AACR 2 cataloging rules. Pre-AACR 2 records for music generally do not include ISBD(M) punctuation. For records created according to AACR 2, these numbers are recorded in field 028 (Publisher Number).
260 ##$aLeipzig,$bBreitkopf & Härtel$c[1888 or 9]$dPl. no. 18315

CONVERSION TO CURRENT FIELDS

260 $d converts to 028 $a; 260 $b is also copied to 028 $b; 028 indicators are set to 21


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