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007 - Physical Description Fixed Field-General Information (NR)


MARC 21 Community Information - Full
January 2000

Indicators and Subfield Codes
This field has no indicators or subfield codes; the data elements are positionally defined.
Character Positions
00 - Category
e - Disabled

01 - Stairway ramps
a - No ramps
b - Entrance and internal ramps
c - Entrance ramp only-multiple floors
d - Entrance ramp only-single floor
e - Internal ramps only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

02 - Doors

a - No wide or offset-hinge doors
b - Wide or offset-hinge doors
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

03 - Furniture, equipment, display racks
a - Unaccessible furniture, equipment, display racks
b - Accessible furniture, equipment, display racks
c - No furniture, equipment, display racks
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

04 - Restrooms
a - No special restroom accommodations or grab bars
b - Special restroom accommodations and grab bars
c - Special restroom accommodations only
d - Grab bars only
e - No restrooms
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown


05 - Elevators
a - No special elevators or control buttons
b - Special elevators and control buttons
c - Special elevators only
d - Special control buttons only
e - No elevators
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

06 - Telephones
a - No lowered telephones or handset amplifiers
b - Lowered telephones and handset amplifiers
c - Lowered telephones only
d - Handset amplifiers only
e - No telephones
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

07 - Flashing emergency lights
a - No flashing emergency lights
b - Flashing emergency lights
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

08 - Sign language
a - No sign language
b - Sign language
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

09 - Subtitles and/or supertitles
a - No subtitles or supertitles
b - Subtitles and supertitles
c - Subtitles only
d - Supertitles only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

10 - Parking
a - No handicapped accessible parking available
b - Handicapped accessible parking available with high clearance for special vehicles
c - Handicapped accessible parking available with low clearance only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Eleven character positions (00-09) that contain positionally-defined, coded data elements that describe accommodations provided for people with disabilities. Each defined character position contains either a code or a fill character (|). Code n (Not applicable), when it is defined for a data element, indicates that the character position definition does not apply to the entity. Physical accommodations information may be described textually in field 575 (Accommodations for the Disabled Note).

A fill character may be used in a particular character position when the creator of the record has decided not to attempt to supply a defined code.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

CHARACTER POSITIONS

00 - Category
Category of persons to which the information in field 007 pertains.
e - Disabled
Data in the field pertain to the disabled. The phrase disabled, with respect to an individual, means 1) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual; 2) a record of such an impairment; or 3) being regarded as having such an impairment.

01 - Stairway ramps
Whether entrance and internal stairway ramps are provided.
a - No ramps
No stairway ramps at the entrance or internally.
b - Entrance and internal ramps
Stairway ramps are at the entrance and internally.
c - Entrance ramp only-multiple floors
Stairway ramp is at the entrance but there are no internal ramps between the floors in the facility.
d - Entrance ramp only-single floor
Stairway ramp is at the entrance but there are no internal ramps because the building is on one floor.
e - Internal ramps only
Internal stairway ramps but no ramp at the entrance.
n - Not applicable
Ramps information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether there are ramps.

02 - Doors
Whether or not the doors accommodate wheelchairs.
Doors may be widened or offset hinges installed.
a - No wide or offset-hinge doors
Doors have not been widened or offset hinges installed.
b - Wide or offset-hinge doors
Doors have been widened or offset hinges installed.
n - Not applicable
Widened door or offset hinge installation information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether the doors have been widened or offset hinges installed.

03 - Furniture, equipment, display racks
Whether or not the furniture, equipment, and display racks accommodate people with disabilities.
a - Unaccessible furniture, equipment, display racks
Furniture, equipment, and display racks have not been arranged to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
b - Accessible furniture, equipment, display racks
Furniture, equipment, and display racks have been arranged to meet the needs of people with disabilities.
c - No furniture, equipment, display racks
n - Not applicable
Arrangement of furniture, equipment, and display racks information pertaining to people with disabilities is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether the furniture, equipment, and display racks have been arranged to meet the needs of people with disabilities.

04 - Restrooms
Whether the restrooms accommodate people with disabilities. Special restroom accommodations include widened toilet stalls, raised toilet seats, and grab bars in toilet stalls.
a - No special restroom accommodations or grab bars
No special restroom accommodations or grab bars in toilet stalls.
b - Special restroom accommodations and grab bars
c - Special restroom accommodations only
Special restroom accommodations but no grab bars.
d - Grab bars only
Grab bars but no special restroom accommodations.
e - No restrooms
n - Not applicable
Restroom information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether there are special restroom facilities and grab bars in toilet stalls.

05 - Elevators
Whether the elevators accommodate people with disabilities. Special elevators are those wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs or the elevator control buttons may have raised letters or braille markings on them.
a - No special elevators or control buttons
No special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs and elevator control buttons have no raised letters or braille markings on them.
b - Special elevators and control buttons
Special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs and elevator control buttons have raised letters or braille markings on them.
c - Special elevators only
Special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs but elevator control buttons have no raised letters or braille markings on them.
d - Special control buttons only
Elevator control buttons have raised letters or braille markings on them but there are no special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs.
e - No elevators
n - Not applicable
Elevator information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether there are special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs and whether the elevator control buttons have raised letters or braille markings on them.

06 - Telephones
Whether or not the telephones accommodate people with disabilities
Telephones may have been lowered or have handset amplifiers available.
a - No lowered telephones or handset amplifiers
b - Lowered telephones and handset amplifiers
Telephones have been lowered and handset amplifiers are available.
c - Lowered telephones only
Telephones have been lowered but no handset amplifiers are available.
d - Handset amplifiers only
There are handset amplifiers available but the telephones have not been lowered.
e - No telephones
n - Not applicable
Lowered telephones and handset amplifiers information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether telephones have been lowered and whether handset amplifiers are available.

07 - Flashing emergency lights
Whether or not flashing emergency lights have been installed to accommodate people with disabilities.
a - No flashing emergency lights
b - Flashing emergency lights
Flashing emergency lights have been installed.
n - Not applicable
Flashing emergency lights information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether flashing emergency lights have been installed.

08 - Sign language
Whether sign language is used to accommodate people with disabilities.
a - No sign language
Sign language is not used at the community information entity.
b - Sign language
Sign language is used at the community information entity.
n - Not applicable
Sign language information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether sign language is used at the community information entity.

09 - Subtitles and/or supertitles
Whether or not subtitles and/or supertitles are available at the community information entity to accommodate people with disabilities.
a - No subtitles or supertitles
b - Subtitles and supertitles
Subtitles and supertitles are available.
c - Subtitles only
Subtitles, but not supertitles, are available.
d - Supertitles only
Supertitles, but not subtitles, are available.
n - Not applicable
Subtitles and supertitles information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether subtitles and/or supertitles are available.

10 - Parking
Availability of parking for the handicapped including vehicles with special height requirements.
a - No handicapped accessible parking available
b - Handicapped accessible parking available with high clearance for special vehicles
Parking spaces are available for handicapped access in areas, either covered or in open air, that do not present obstacles to vehicles with special height requirements. High clearance is defined as 114 inches, which accommodates all raised roof vans.
c - Handicapped accessible parking available with low clearance only
Handicapped accessible parking spaces are available but they cannot be accessed by vehicles requiring high clearance due to either indoor (e.g., low ceiling) or outdoor (e.g., anti-RV arches) obstacles.
n - Not applicable
Parking availability information is not applicable to the community information entity involved.
u - Unknown
It is not known whether parking for the handicapped is available.

EXAMPLE

007 edbbcbcaaab
[Information pertains to people with a disability (007/00); there is a stairway entrance ramp but no internal ramps because the organization is on one floor (/01); the doors have been widened so as to accommodate wheelchairs (/02); the furniture, equipment, and display racks have been arranged to meet the needs of people with disabilities (/03); there are special restroom accommodations but no grab bars in toilet stalls (/04); there are special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs and the elevator control buttons have raised letters (/05); the telephones have been lowered but no handset amplifiers are available (/06); there are no flashing emergency lights (/07); sign language is not used (/08); there are no subtitles or supertitles available (/09); and handicapped parking is available with high clearance for special vehicles (/10).]

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