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522 - Geographic Coverage Note (NR)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full

October 2000

First Indicator
Display constant controller
# - No information provided
8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


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

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Note giving information about the geographic area associated with the community information entity. Coded information on the geographic area may be recorded in field 043 (Geographic Area Code) or 052 (Geographic Classification).

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 Area served: may be generated.


522	##$aCommunity Board 12.

8 - No display constant generated

Second Indicator - Undefined

Undefined and contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Geographic area note

Text of the note.


522	##$aBaltimore City.
522	##$aSt. Louis County.
522	##$aMaryland.
522	##$aNation.
522	##$aState Senatorial District 18.
522	8#$aServes area: North of Dyckman St.-225th St., south of Dyckman-Ellenwood between Sherman and Nagle.

$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 522 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

Display Constant - Introductory phrase Area served: 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
#	Area served:
8	[no display constant]

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