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500 - General Note (R)


MARC 21 Community Information - Full
January 2000

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - General note (NR)
$6 - Linkage (NR)
$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Note that provides general information for which a specialized 5XX note field has not been defined.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - General note
Text of the note.
Leader/07 p
[program or service]
500 ##$aAnnual toy drive.
500 ##$aCollection locations include: All fire stations in Tulsa, Broken Arrow; Tulsa National Bank, 71st and Yorktown; All Wendy's restaurants; Eastland Mall; All three American Shopping Channel Stores; Riverside Chevrolet; West Star Bank on Garnett; Scissors Hair and Body; Dresser Rand; Kindercare; Capelli's Hair Salon; All U-Haul locations and Bargain Time in Sand Springs.
$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 500 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

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