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2023: MARC fields for manuscripts and archival collections</b></a>: covers correct fixed field coding and commonly used MARC fields for cataloging manuscripts and archival collections including fields 340, 351, 524, and 856.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://help.oclc.org/WorldCat/Metadata_Quality/AskQC/Previous_AskQC_office_hours/085_2021_AskQC_office_hours#June_2021_::_Evolution_of_a_WorldCat_record">September
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