866 - 868 Textual Holdings - General Information (Variable Data Fields)
Definition and Scope:
An 866-868 field contains a textual description which may include both the captions and enumeration and chronology for the holdings of a bibliographic item in the collections of the reporting organization. These fields are normally used in holdings for single-part items. They may be used instead of the coded 853-855 Captions and Pattern and 863-865 Enumeration and Chronology fields for multipart and serial items when those fields cannot be used adequately to describe the holdings. The 866-868 fields may also be used in addition to an Enumeration and Chronology field and any related Captions and Pattern field to record and generate an alternative display for all or part of the enumeration and chronology and captions and pattern fields.
A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and the repeatability of each is given in the 853-878 Holdings Data - General Information section. Guidelines for recording item information related to holdings data in the 866-868 fields is given in the 876-878 Item Information - General Information section.
Guidelines for applying the content designators for the 866-868 fields and input conventions are given in this section.
Guidelines for Applying Content Designators:
Indicators:
First Indicator - Field encoding level:
The first indicator position contains a value that indicates the level of specificity of the enumeration and chronology in the field. Values 3 and 4 reflect requirements of Levels 3 and 4 of Serial Holdings Statement (ANSI Z39.44) and Holdings Statement for Non-Serial Items (ANSI/NISO Z39.57). Values 3, 4, and 5 correspond to the level of specificity defined for the enumeration and chronology data at the record level by codes 3, 4, and 5 in Leader/17 (Encoding level) .
5 Holdings level 4 with piece designation
Second Indicator - Type of notation:
The second indicator position contains a value that indicates whether the holdings contained in subfield $a is formulated according to standard or non-standard notation.
1 ANSI Z39.44 or ANSI/NISO Z39.57
Subfield Codes:
$z Public note
Input Conventions:
Punctuation:
The punctuation of the 866-868 fields is prescribed by the applicable ANSI Z39 standard.
Abbreviation:
The abbreviations used in subfield $a are recorded according to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (Appendix B: Abbreviations).
Related USMARC Field or Document:
876-878 Item Information - General Information
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules. Appendix B: Abbreviations
Content Designator History:
$x Nonpublic note
$z Public note
In 1987, subfield $x was defined for nonpublic notes and subfield $z (Note) was redefined to include only public notes. Prior to that change, both public and nonpublic notes were contained in subfield $z.
866 Textual Holdings - Basic Bibliographic Unit (R)
867 Textual Holdings - Supplementary Material (R)
868 Textual Holdings - Indexes (R)
See also:
853-878 Holdings Data - General Information
