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MARC 21 Concise Holdings: Textual Holdings Statement Fields (866-868)
- TEXTUAL HOLDINGS STATEMENT FIELDS--GENERAL INFORMATION
- 866 - TEXTUAL HOLDINGS--BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHIC UNIT (R)
- 867 - TEXTUAL HOLDINGS--SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (R)
- 868 - TEXTUAL HOLDINGS--INDEXES (R)
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.
TEXTUAL HOLDINGS STATEMENT FIELDS--GENERAL INFORMATION
Fields 866-868 contain a textual description which may include both the captions and enumeration and chronology for the holdings of a bibliographic item in the collections of the reporting organization. These fields are normally used in holdings for single-part items. They may be used instead of the coded Caption and Pattern (853-855) and Enumeration and Chronology (863-865) fields for multipart and serial items when those fields cannot be used adequately to describe the holdings. The 866-868 fields may also be used in addition to an Enumeration and Chronology field and any related Caption and Pattern field to record and generate an alternative display for all or part of the enumeration and chronology and captions and pattern fields.
A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and the repeatability of each is given in the Holdings Data--General Information section. Guidelines for recording item information related to holdings data in the 866-868 fields is given in the Item Information--General Information section.
Indicators
- First - Field encoding level
Indicates the level of specificity of the enumeration and chronology in the field.- # - No information provided
- 3 - Holdings level 3
Indicates that the field contains summary enumeration and chronology information (that is, only at the first level of enumeration and chronology in a compressed form).
- 4 - Holdings level 4
Indicates that the field contains detailed enumeration and chronology information (that is, the first and all subsequent levels and in either itemized or compressed form or a combination of the two).
- 5 - Holdings level 4 with piece
designation
Indicates that the field contains detailed enumeration and chronology information and an identifying number for the physical piece in subfield $a (Textual holdings).
- Second - Type of notation
Indicates whether the holdings contained in subfield $a is formulated according to standard or non-standard notation.- 0 - Non-standard
- 1 - ANSI/NISO Z39.71 or ISO 10324
- 2 - ANSI Z39.42
Subfield Codes
- $a - Textual string
(NR)
The textual form of holdings may be used either instead of or in addition to holdings recorded in the Caption and Pattern (853-855) and Enumeration and Chronology (863-865) fields. - $x - Nonpublic note (R)
- $z - Public note (R)
- $6 - Linkage (NR) See Control Subfields
- $8 - Field link and sequence number (R) See Control Subfields

