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575 - Accommodations for the Disabled Note (R)

MARC 21 Community Information - Full

January 2000

First Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
$a - Accommodations for the disabled note (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR)	$8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Note about special accommodations for people with disabilities that are available at or provided by the entity. Some of this information may be contained in coded form in field 007 (Physical Description Fixed Field).

For instance, information may be present regarding toilet facilities; the availability of wheelchairs, special computers, or braille; whether steps have been ramped, telephones have been lowered, flashing lights have been installed, or grab bars have been added in restrooms, etc. It could also include information on how to get to the community information entity by special transportation for people with disabilities, whether or not a sign language interpreter is available, etc.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

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

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Accommodations for the disabled note

Text of the note.


575	##$aAccessible to disabled.
575	##$aHandicapped access.
575	##$aDisabled access: Call ahead for information and to arrange.
575	##$aFully accessible to disabled.
575	##$aAccessible to disabled, first floor only.
575	##$aFacilities for the disabled: Entrance/parking, restrooms, sign language, braille.

$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 575 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.

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