521 Target Audience Note (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field 521 contains a note about the target audience of the described materials. It is primarily used when the contents of an item are considered appropriate for a specific audience or intellectual level (e.g., elementary school students). It is used to record interest and motivation levels and special learner characteristics. Information about the target audience and/or intellectual level may also be recorded in coded form in field 008/22 (Target audience) for some types of material .
If a computer files
or visual materials
record has both reading grade and interest age or interest grade level information present in 521 fields, field 008/22 is coded based on the interest age or interest grade information.
Notes that include restrictions on access are recorded in field 506 (Restrictions on Access Note)
.
The note is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value .
The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.
Field 521 is repeatable .
Guidelines for applying content designators:
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, National-level (NLR) and Minimal-level (MLR) record requirements , and designator repeatability , see table below:
Position | Description | NLR | MLR | Repeatability |
Field 521 | Target Audience Note | O | O | R |
First | M | |||
A | ||||
0 | A | |||
1 | A | |||
2 | A | |||
3 | A | |||
4 | A | |||
8 | A | |||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Subfield code: | ||||
$a | M | O | R | |
$b | A | O | NR | |
$3 | O | O | NR | |
$6 | A | O | NR | |
$8 | O | O | R |
Related MARC fields or documents:
506 Restrictions on Access Note
880 Alternate Graphic Representation
See also:
