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028 - Publisher or Distributor Number (R)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - concise
November 2016

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.

Indicators

First - Type of number
0 - Issue 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.

1 - Matrix number

Master from which the specific recording was pressed.

2 - Plate number

Assigned by a publisher to a specific music publication.

3 - Other music publisher number
4 - Video recording publisher number
5 - Other publisher number
6 - Distributor number
Second - Note/added entry controller
0 - No note, no added entry
1 - Note, added entry
2 - Note, no added entry
3 - No note, added entry

Subfield Codes

$a - Publisher or distributor number (NR)
$b - Source (NR)
$q - Qualifying information (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

Examples

028 01$aSTMA 8007$bTamla Motown
028 11$a256A090$bDeutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft
028 22$aB. & H. 8797$bBreitkopf & Hartel
028 42$aVM5108$bVidmark Entertainment
028 42$aMV600167$bMGM/UA
028 40$aMV600167$bMGM/UA
028 02$aPJC 222013$bParis Jazz Corner Productions
028 62$aHM 76$bHarmonia Mundi
028 42$aK0904$bKartemquin Films
028 62$aDV98597$bFacets Multimedia
028 02$aK2 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on label)
028 02$a7234 8 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on container spine)
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)

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