[DCRM-L] Limitations of MARC 581

[Margaret F. Nichols]

Yes, I see what you mean. Sounds like a proposal to add these subfields to the 581 would be a good thing. Here's some info I found on where and how to make such a proposal: http://www.loc.gov/marc/mac/advisory.html

Looking through the 5xx fields, the 588 has a subfield 5 and the 510 has a subfield u, but no field that approaches the function of the  581 seems to have both.

Best,

Margaret

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah J. Leslie
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Limitations of MARC 581

Does anyone else find MARC 581 too limiting for the purposes of rare materials cataloging? http://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/bd581.html

Is there any reason that |u for online publications and |5 when the publication is about individual copies could not be added? Or is there another tag for this information that I'm missing?

Thanks,
Deborah

Deborah J. Leslie | Folger Shakespeare Library | djleslie@ folger.edu | 202.675-0369 | 201 East Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20001 | www. folger.edu

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