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307 - Hours, Etc. (R)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full
January 2000
First Indicator
Display constant controller
# - No information provided
8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Subfield Codes
$a - Hours (NR)
$b - Additional information (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Information as to the days and/or times pertaining to the operations of the community information entity (such as when the office of a program or organization is open, when a club is to meet, when an event is to take place, when a person is available for hire), as well as to special information, e.g., the size of the staff, whether or not a translator is available. Hours associated with a particular address of a community information entity are recorded in field 270, subfield $r (Hours).

When displayed/printed as a note, hours, etc. information is in some instances preceded by an introductory term or phrase that is generated based on the first indicator value.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Display constant controller
Value that controls the generation of a display constant preceding the note.
# - No information provided
When no information is provided, the display constant Hours: may be generated.
307 ##$aM-F, 9:30-3:30.
8 - No display constant generated
Second Indicator - Undefined
Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Hours
Information as to the days/hours of operation, etc.

Examples of programs or services:

307 ##$aM-F, 9-5.
307 ##$aTu-F, 10-6; Sa, 1-5.
307 ##$aM-F, 9-5; classes, M-F, 9-3.
307 ##$a24 hrs. 7 days/week; office, M-F, 8-4.
307 ##$aM-F, 9 a.m.-6:45 p.m.; Sa, 9-4:30.
307 ##$aCall to verify.
307 ##$aM-F, 9-5; summer, M-F, 9-4, call to verify.
307 ##$aCenter, M-F, 9-4; meals, M-F, 9-5.
307 ##$aM, 8:30-6:00; Tu, 8:30-7:00; W-F, 8:30-6:00.
307 8#$aBegins November 15, 1991.

Examples of organizations:

307 8#$aMeets weekly, noon, First United Methodist Church, 11th and Boulder.
307 8#$aMeeting date/time: 2nd W of each month at 7:30 p.m.
307 8#$aMeeting held every third W of the month at the Sugarhouse Garden Center at 7:30 p.m. Call after 6:00.
307 8#$aUsually meet 2nd F of the month at the Hilton in Columbia. See the local newspaper for announcements.

Examples of events:

307 8#$aMar. 31, 1993, 8 p.m.
307 8#$a8:00 p.m., Tu-F; 5:00 and 9:00 p.m., Sa; 2:00 and 7:00 p.m., Su.
$b - Additional information
Additional information pertaining to the operations of the program, etc.
307 ##$aM-F, 10-4;$bstaff size: five full-time professionals.
307 ##$aDaily during tax season, 9-5;$bSpanish and Thai translators available.
$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 307 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. In subfield $a, a comma (,) separates the hours information from the days of the week information. If subfield $a is followed by a subfield $b, the subfield ends in a semicolon (;).
Abbreviations - For records in English, the following abbreviations may be used for the days of the week:
Days of the week Abbreviation
Sunday Su
Monday M
Tuesday Tu
Wednesday W
Thursday Th
Friday F
Saturday Sa
Display Constant - Introductory term Hours: is not carried in the MARC record. It may be system generated as a display constant associated with the first indicator value.
First indicator Display constant
# Hours:
8 [no display constant]
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