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020 - International Standard Book Number (R)


MARC 21 LITE Bibliographic
April 2008

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) assigned to a monographic publication by designated agencies in each country participating in the program. The field may include terms of availability and canceled or invalid ISBNs, such as ISBNs with invalid check digits or that are not applicable to the item being cataloged. It may be repeated for multiple numbers associated with the item (e.g., ISBNs for the hard bound and paperback manifestations; ISBNs for a set as a whole and for the individual parts in the set).

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Indicators
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# - Undefined
Second - Undefined
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Subfield Codes
$a - International Standard Book Number (NR)
Valid ISBN and any parenthetical qualifying information, such as the publisher/distributor, binding/format, and volume numbers. ISBN and the embedded hyphens may be generated for display.
$c - Terms of availability (NR)
Price or a brief statement of availability and any parenthetical qualifying information concerning the item.
$z - Canceled/invalid ISBN (R)
Canceled or invalid ISBN and any parenthetical qualifying information. ISBN (invalid) and the embedded hyphens may be generated for display.
Examples
020 ##$a0491001304
020 ##$a0914378260 (pbk. : v. 1) :$c$5.00
020 ##$a0394502884 (Random House) :$c$12.50
020 ##$a0877790019 (black leather)$z0877780116 :$c$14.00
020 ##$a0456789012 (reel 1)
020 ##$c$8.95
020 ##$cRs15.76 ($5.60 U.S.)
020 ##$cRental material
020 ##$cFor sale ($200.00 for 3/4 in.; $150.00 for 1/2 in.)
020 ##$c$3.60 (pbk.)

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