[DCRM-L] questions about use of 541 field

[Manon Theroux]

Thanks!

I should have included the $5 in my hypothetical example; that was an
oversight in my haste to get the message out.

-Manon

On 10/11/07, Hartman, Laura A. (NIH/NLM) [E] <laurah at mail.nlm.nih.gov>
wrote:
>
>  Manon,
>
> NLM constructs its 541 fields using the $3 and placing the $c before the
> $a.  We also follow the practice shown in the MARC documentation of
> separating the subfields with semi-colons.  All of our notes are distributed
> to OCLC, so we add a $5 as well.
>
> Example:
>
> 541 $3 Copy 2; $c Gift; $a National Center for Homeopathy; $d 2007. $5
> DNLM
>
> Best regards,
> Laura
>
> Laura Hartman
> Rare Book Cataloguer
> History of Medicine Division
> National Library of Medicine
> (301) 402-6170
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Manon Theroux [mailto:manon.theroux at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:42 PM
> *To:* dcrm-l at lib.byu.edu
> *Subject:* [DCRM-L] questions about use of 541 field
>
> Hi, all--
>
> When using the 541 field in a bib record for a printed book:
>
> 1) What would be the proper way to designate the specific copy/volume to
> which the note applies? Could the $3 be used for this?
>
> 2) Can the subfields be given in any order? The MARC documentation seems
> to indicate this is acceptable but I thought I'd ask anyway!
>
> http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdnot2.html#mrcb541
>
> As a hypothetical example:
>
> 541 ## $3 Special Collections [call #]: $c Gift of $a George
> Smith-Pelecanos, $d 1972.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide!
>
> Manon
>
> --
> Manon Theroux
> Head, Cataloging & Metadata Services
> George Mason University Libraries
> Fairfax, Virginia
>
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