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007 - Physical Description Fixed Field-General Information (NR)


MARC 21 Community Information - Concise
2007

Eleven character positions (00-09) that contain positionally-defined, coded data elements that describe accommodations provided for people with disabilities. Each defined character position contains either a code or a fill character (|). Code n (Not applicable), when it is defined for a data element, indicates that the character position definition does not apply to the entity. Physical accommodations information may be described textually in field 575 (Accommodations for the Disabled Note).

Character Positions
00 - Category
e - Disabled
01 - Stairway ramps
Whether entrance and internal stairway ramps are provided.
a - No ramps
b - Entrance and internal ramps
c - Entrance ramp only-multiple floors
d - Entrance ramp only-single floor
e - Internal ramps only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
02 - Doors
Whether or not the doors accommodate wheelchairs.
a - No wide or offset-hinge doors
b - Wide or offset-hinge doors
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
03 - Furniture, equipment, display racks
Whether or not the furniture, equipment, and display racks accommodate people with disabilities.
a - Unaccessible furniture, equipment, display racks
b - Accessible furniture, equipment, display racks
c - No furniture, equipment, display racks
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
04 - Restrooms
Whether the restrooms accommodate people with disabilities. Special restroom accommodations include widened toilet stalls, raised toilet seats, and grab bars in toilet stalls.
a - No special restroom accommodations or grab bars
b - Special restroom accommodations and grab bars
c - Special restroom accommodations only
d - Grab bars only
e - No restrooms
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
05 - Elevators
Whether the elevators accommodate people with disabilities. Special elevators are those wide enough to accommodate wheelchairs or the elevator control buttons may have raised letters or braille markings on them.
a - No special elevators or control buttons
b - Special elevators and control buttons
c - Special elevators only
d - Special control buttons only
e - No elevators
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
06 - Telephones
Whether or not the telephones accommodate people with disabilities
a - No lowered telephones or handset amplifiers
b - Lowered telephones and handset amplifiers
c - Lowered telephones only
d - Handset amplifiers only
e - No telephones
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
07 - Flashing emergency lights
a - No flashing emergency lights
b - Flashing emergency lights
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
08 - Sign language
Whether sign language is used to accommodate people with disabilities.
a - No sign language
b - Sign language
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
09 - Subtitles and/or supertitles
a - No subtitles or supertitles
b - Subtitles and supertitles
c - Subtitles only
d - Supertitles only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
10 - Parking
Availability of parking for the handicapped including vehicles with special height requirements.
a - No handicapped accessible parking available
b - Handicapped accessible parking available with high clearance for special vehicles
c - Handicapped accessible parking available with low clearance only
n - Not applicable
u - Unknown
Example
007 edbbcbcaaab
[Information pertains to people with a disability (007/00); there is a stairway entrance ramp but no internal ramps because the organization is on one floor (/01); the doors have been widened so as to accommodate wheelchairs (/02); the furniture, equipment, and display racks have been arranged to meet the needs of people with disabilities (/03); there are special restroom accommodations but no grab bars in toilet stalls (/04); there are special elevators to accommodate wheelchairs and the elevator control buttons have raised letters (/05); the telephones have been lowered but no handset amplifiers are available (/06); there are no flashing emergency lights (/07); sign language is not used (/08); there are no subtitles or supertitles available (/09); and handicapped parking is available with high clearance for special vehicles (/10).]

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