876-878 Item Information - General Information

876 - 878 Item Information - General Information (Variable Data Fields)

Field Definition and Scope:

These fields contain item level information about the pieces of the item specified in the holdings record. They contain various data elements that it may be desirable to record for specific items for use in acquisitions or circulation applications, among others.

Linking Item Information to Holdings Items:

For the following holdings configurations and levels, item fields are liked to the pieces to which they apply as indicated.

Single physical part holdings item:

One copy, one 852 field . Item fields do not need linking subfields as all apply to the one holdings item. (Holdings are recorded at level 1 or 2 in Leader/17 (Encoding Level.) .)

Multiple copies, one or more 852 fields. Subfield $3 is used to link item fields to the appropriate field(s). (Holdings are recorded at level 1 or 2 in Leader/17 (Encoding Level).)

Multiple physical part holdings item:

Holdings in 866 - 868 (Textual Holdings) fields . Subfield $3 is used to link item fields to the appropriate part specified in fields 866 - 868. (Holdings are recorded at level 3 or 4 in Leader/17 (Encoding Level).)

Holdings in 863 - 865 (Enumeration and Chronology) fields . Subfield $8 is used to link item fields to the appropriate part specified in fields 863 - 865. Each part (volume or volumes) for which item level information is included requires a separate 863 - 865 field. (Holdings are recorded at level 3, 4, or 4 with piece designation in Leader/17 (Encoding Level).)

Guidelines for Applying Content Designators:

Indicators:

Both indicators are undefined; each contains a blank (#).

Subfield Codes:

$a Internal item number

$b Invalid or cancelled internal item number

$c Cost

$d Date acquired

$e Source of acquisition

$h Use restrictions

$j Item status

$l Temporary location

$p Piece designation

$r Invalid or cancelled piece designation

$t Copy number

$x Nonpublic note

$z Public note

$3 Materials specified

$8 Link and sequence number

Input Conventions:

Embedded Holdings Information:

When holdings information is embedded in a USMARC bibliographic record, multiple 876-878 fields may be used only when the information does not include other holdings information fields that must be linked to a specific 876-878 field for intelligibility. When field linking is required, one 876-878 field and the other fields associated with it may be embedded in the bibliographic record. Separate holdings records must be made for each of the other 876-878 fields and its associated fields. However, multiple 852 fields may exist in the record with related item information in fields 876-878, specifying the copy number to which they apply using subfield $t (Copy number) or the subset using subfield $3 (Materials specified).

Related USMARC Document/Field:

583 Action Note

852 Location

853-855 Captions and Pattern - General Information

863-865 Enumeration and Chronology - General Information

866-868 Textual Holdings - Genral Information

876 Item Information - Basic Bibliographic Unit (R)

877 Item Information - Supplementary Material (R)

878 Item Information - Indexes (R)