MARC 21 Concise Holdings: Location and Access Fields (852 & 856)

Fields 852 and 856 contain information about where an item is physically located and how can be accessed physically or electronically (for digitized items). A description of the configuration required when other holdings information fields are associated with multiple 852 fields is given under the in the section Separate and Embedded Holdings Information in the Introduction to the MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data.

Information for Translators and Other Users
Items highlighted in red indicate changes made after the 2003 edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats was published and are included in the 2004 printed edition of the MARC 21 Concise Formats.