MARC 21 Format for Holdings Data: 541: Immediate Source of Acquisition Note (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress)

Information on the immediate source of acquisition of the described materials. Used primarily for original or historical items or other archival collections.

Original source of acquisition is recorded in field 561 (Ownership and Custodial History).

Field 541 is repeated when recording the acquisition of additional material in a collection. An additional field 541 is made for each addition. This field is identical to field 541 (Immediate Source of Acquisition Note) defined in the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

First Indicator - Privacy

Whether the contents of the field are private or not. The state of being private includes information that institutions do not want to display to the public because it is sensitive or restricted.

# - No information provided

0 - Private

1 - Not private

■ SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Source of acquisition

Name of the person(s) or organization that is the source of the material.

If the source is an agent, the owner is recorded in subfield $f (Owner).


541	0#$cGift;$aLeavitt Hunt's daughter, Mrs. William E. Patterson;$d1947.
541	##$aSource unknown.

$b - Address

Address of the source of acquisition given in subfield $a.


541	0#$35 diaries$n25$ocubic feet;$aMerriwether, Stuart;$b458 Yonkers Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601;$cPurchase at auction;$d1981/09/24;$e81-325;$fJonathan P. Merriwether Estate;$h$7,850.

$c - Method of acquisition

Terms under which a transfer of physical custody occurs, e.g., by gift, bequest, loan, purchase, deposit.


541	##$3Videocassette$cCopyright deposit;$dReceived: 1/16/85 from LC video lab;$aCopyright Collection.
541	1#$3Masterpos$cGift, ATM 88;$dReceived: 12/2/74;$aAFI/Columbia Collection.

$d - Date of acquisition

Preferred structure for the date is according to Representations of Dates and Times (ISO 8601): yyyymmdd.


541	##$cPurchase;$d20040915.
541	##$3Photonegatives$cPurchased;$d1979.
541	##$3Ref print$cCopyright deposit--RNR;$dReceived: 10/30/82;$aCopyright Collection.
541	##$cPurchase;$d1951-1968.

$e - Accession number

Identification code assigned to materials acquired in a single and separate transfer of custody.


541	##$cBequest;$aErwin Swann;$d1974;$e(DLC/PP-1977:215).

$f - Owner

Name of the individual or organization with legal custody over the described materials.


541	0#$35 diaries$n25$ocubic feet;$aMerriwether, Stuart;$b458 Yonkers Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601;$cPurchased at auction;$d1981/09/24;$e81-325;$fJonathan P. Merriwether Estate;$g$7,850.

$h - Purchase price


541	##$3Photoprints$cPurchased;$d1974;$h$4,000.

$n - Extent

Number of items acquired.


541	##$aWisconsin Office of The Commissioner of Insurance;$e81-141002;$cRecords Center transfer;$n54$ocubic feet;$n12$oreels of computer tape;$d1981/05/11.

$o - Type of unit

Name of the unit of measurement, e.g., cartons.

If subfields $n and $o are repeated in one 541 field, each subfield $o follows its associated subfield $n.


541	##$aSparkling Brew Beer Company;$bNew Hops Road, Port Washington, WI 53074;$e1987-1;$n4$orecord center cartons;$n2$oreels of microfilm;$d1987/01/02.

$3 - Materials specified

Part of the described material to which the field applies. Subfield $3 is the first subfield in the field.


541	0#$3Materials scheduled for permanent retention$a25$oreels of microfilm$aU.S. Department of Transportation;$cTransfer under schedule;$d1980/01/10.

$5 - Institution to which field applies

See the description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$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 541 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present. If the final subfield is subfield $5, the mark of punctuation precedes that subfield.

541 - Immediate Source of Acquisition Note (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

■ INDICATORS

■ SUBFIELD CODES

INPUT CONVENTIONS

CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY


Subfield Codes
$a - Source of acquisition (NR) $b - Address (NR) $c - Method of acquisition (NR) $d - Date of acquisition (NR) $e - Accession number (NR) $f - Owner (NR) $h - Purchase price (NR)	$n - Extent (R) $o - Type of unit (R) $3 - Materials specified (NR) $5 - Institution to which field applies (NR) $6 - Linkage (NR) $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)