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501 - Currency of Information Note (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 - Currency of information note (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR)	$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Note that specifies that the information pertaining to the community information entity is current as of a specific date.

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 Information current as of: may be generated.


501	##$aSeptember 10, 1993.

8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Currency of information note

Text of the note.


501	##$a12/15/1992.

$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 501 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Display Constant - Introductory phrase Information current as of: 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
#	Information current as of:
8	[no display constant]

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