511 Participant or Performer Note (R) (Variable Data Field)
Field 511 contains a note giving information about the participants, players, narrators, presenters, or performers. In general, an on-screen narrator is recorded in field 511 and a voice-over narrator in field 508 (Creation/Production Credits Note) .
The participant or performer note is sometimes displayed and/or printed with an introductory term or phrase that is generated as a display constant based on the first indicator value .
The National level record requirement for this field is Mandatory if applicable.
Field 511 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 511 | Participant or Performer Note | A | A | R |
First | M | |||
0 | A | |||
1 | A | |||
Second | Undefined; contains a blank | M | ||
Subfield code: | ||||
$a | M | A | NR | |
$6 | A | A | NR | |
$8 | O | O | R |
First Indicator - Display constant controller
Value #
- No information provided (VM MU) [obsolete]: The first indicator was defined in 1980. Records created prior to that change may contain a # (blank) meaning undefined in the first indicator position.
First Indicator - Display constant controller
Values 2 - Presenter (VM MU) [obsolete]
3 - Narrator (VM MU) [obsolete]
Values 2 and 3 were made obsolete in 1993 because they were not being used extensively.
Related MARC field or document:
508 Creation/Production Credits Note
See also:
