518 Date/Time and Place of an Event Note (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field 518 contains a note on the date/time and/or place of creation, capture, or broadcast associated with an event. Such information includes date/time and/or place of recording, filming, execution, broadcast or, in the case of a naturally occurring object, of finding. Field 033 (Date/Time and Place of an Event) contains the same information in coded form.
Notes giving information about countries of production and release are recorded in field 500 (General Note) .
The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.
Field 518 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 518 | Date/Time and Place of an Event Note | O | O | R |
Indicator: | ||||
First | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Subfield code: | ||||
$a | M | O | NR | |
$3 | O | O | NR | |
$6 | A | O | NR | |
$8 | O | O | R |
Related MARC fields or documents:
033 Date/Time and Place of an Event
880 Alternate Graphic Representation
See also:
