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545 - Biographical or Historical Note (R)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full

October 2002

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


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

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Biographical or historical information about an individual, an institution or other entity present in the 1XX primary name field or historical information about the event, program, etc. named in field 245 (Title).

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

Both indicator positions are undefined; each contains a blank (#).

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Biographical or historical note

Text of the note.


545	##$aFounded in 1987.
545	##$aIncorporated 1991.
545	##$aOldest block association in the city.


110	2#$aAllerton Avenue Merchants Association.
545	##$aMerchant association established in 1928.


100	1#$aBradley, Norman.
545	##$aMember of Library Commission, representing District 1. Appointed Oct. 1988 and July 1989; term expires June 30, 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 545 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

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