761 Add or Divide Like Instructions (R) (Variable Data Field)

Field definition and scope: This field contains instructions for constructing a classification number either by adding numbers from other parts of the schedule or from a table , or by dividing it the way numbers in other parts of the schedule are divided.

Field 761 is repeatable .

Guidelines for applying Content Designators:

Indicators

First Type of instruction

0 Table only

1 Complex

Second Combined note types

0 Not a combined note

1 Add or divide like portion of a combined note

2 Class elsewhere portion of a combined note

3 Relocation portion of a combined note

Subfield Codes

$a Number where instructions are found - Single number or beginning number of span (R)

$b Base number (NR)

$c Classification number - Ending number of span (R)

$d Divided like number (R)

$e Example class number (R)

$f Facet designator (R)

$i Explanatory text (R)

$n Negative example class number (R)

$r Root number (R)

$x Other classification number (R)

$y Table identification - Schedule (R)

$z Table identification - Table number (R)

$8 Link and sequence number (NR)

Conventions: Library of Congress Classification (Scheme-Specific)

Dewey Decimal Classification (Scheme-Specific)

Related USMARC fields or documents:

153 Classification Number

763 Internal Subarrangement or Add Table Entry

See also:

76X Numbers Building Fields

Variable Data Fields