640 Series Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation (R) (Variable Data Field)

Field definition and scope:

Field 640 contains the beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or the sequential designations used on items in a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series . It may also contain a citation for the source of the information. The information may be recorded in either a formatted or an unformatted style.

The sequential designation information in this field is not an example of the form of series numbering that may be used in a bibliographic record; that information is contained in field 642 (Series Numbering Example) .

Report year coverage and numbering peculiarities information is contained in field 641 (Series Numbering Peculiarities) .

The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.

Field 640 is repeatable .

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National level (NLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Spacing

Display constant

LC guidelines for usage:

640 Series Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation

Related MARC fields or documents:

641 Series Numbering Peculiarities

642 Series Numbering Example

880 Alternate Graphic Representation

See also:

64X Series Treatment

Variable Data Fields