008 Fixed-Length Data Elements (NR) (Variable Control Field)
Field definition and scope:
Field 008 contains fourteen character positions (00-13) that are positionally-defined data elements that provide coded information about the record as a whole or about special aspects of the 1XX classification number or explanatory index term field. These coded data elements are potentially useful for retrieval and data management purposes.
The data elements are positionally defined. Each character position must contain either a defined code or a fill character ( | ) .
Data element 008/00-05 (Date entered on file) is usually sytem generated. System generation of other 008 data elements depends upon the capabilities of an individual system. Alphabetic codes are input in lowercase.
Field 008 is NOT repeatable . It has no indicators or subfield codes .
For 008 character positions and codes, select a topic:
008/00-05 Date entered on file
008/08 Classification validity
008/09 Standard or optional designation
008/10 Record update in process
008/12 Synthesized number indication
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