583 Action Note (R) (Variable Data Field)
This copy-specific field contains information about processing and reference actions, such as a brief statement about solicitation to acquire material, whether the solicitation is active or inactive, and the date of the last item of correspondence.
Field 583 is also used to record information about preservation actions relating to an item, such as review of condition, queuing for preservation, and completion of preservation.
Field 583 is repeatable to record information about different actions.
For those using the field to record preservation activities, a Standard Terminology for MARC Field 583 list is available.
The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.
Field 583 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 583 | Action Note | O | O | R |
Indicator: | ||||
First | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Subfield code: | ||||
$a | A | O | NR | |
$b | A | O | R | |
$c | A | O | R | |
$d | A | O | R | |
$e | A | O | R | |
$f | A | O | R | |
$h | A | O | R | |
$i | A | O | R | |
$j | A | O | R | |
$k | A | O | R | |
$l | A | O | R | |
$n | A | O | R | |
$o | A | O | R | |
$u | O | O | R | |
$x | A | O | R | |
$z | A | O | R | |
$2 | O | O | NR | |
$3 | O | O | NR | |
$5 | A | O | NR | |
$6 | A | O | NR | |
$8 | O | O | R |
Archival and manuscripts control
records created prior to the definition of field 583 in 1983 may contain actions data identified by the following obsolete content designators:
543 Solicitation Information Note
Related MARC fields or documents:
880 Alternate Graphic Representation
Representations of Dates and Times (ISO 8601)
Standard Terminology for MARC Field 583
See also:
