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245 - Title (NR)


MARC 21 Community Information - Full
October 2003

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Nonfiling characters
0 - No nonfiling characters present
1-9 - Number of nonfiling characters present


Subfield Codes
$a - Title (NR)
$b - Remainder of title (NR)
$c - Remainder of field data (NR)
$h - Medium (NR)
$n - Number of part/section of the title (R)
$p - Name of part/section of the title (R)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Title of the event, program, etc. being described.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

First Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).
Second Indicator - Nonfiling characters
Value that specifies the number of character positions associated with a definite or indefinite article (e.g, Le, An) at the beginning of a title that is disregarded in the sorting and filing processes.
0 - No nonfiling characters present
No initial article character positions are disregarded.
245 #0$aAndy Williams Christmas Show.
Diacritical marks or special characters at the beginning of a title field that does not begin with an initial article are not counted as nonfiling characters.
1-9 - Number of nonfiling characters present
Non-zero value indicating that a title begins with a definite or indefinite article that is disregarded in sorting and filing processes. Any diacritical mark, space or mark of punctuation associated with the article and any space or mark of punctuation preceding the first filing character after the article is included in the count of nonfiling characters. Any diacritic, however, associated with the first filing character is not included in the count of nonfiling characters.
245 #4$aThe Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Title
Title (exclusive of any name or number of a part/section, remainder of title, and medium designator) of the event, program, etc.
245 #0$aContemporary Music and Inter-disciplinary Music Theatre.
245 #0$aCity Board of Directors Meeting.
245 #0$aToys for Tots.
$b - Remainder of title
Remainder of the title information.
$c - Remainder of field data
Remaining data in the field that are not more appropriately contained in another subfield.
$h - Medium
Medium designator used in the title.
$n - Number of part/section of the title
Number designation for a part/section of the title. Numbering is defined as an indication of sequencing in any form, e.g., Part 1, Section A.
$p - Name of part/section of the title
Name of a part/section of the title.
$6 - Linkage
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 245 ends with a period, even when another mark of punctuation is present, unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, initial/letter, or data that ends with a period.
Spacing - When adjacent initials appear in a title separated or not separated by periods, no spaces are recorded between the letters or periods. One space is used between preceding and succeeding initials if an abbreviation consists of more than a single phrase (e.g., W. Va.).

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