511 Participant or Performer Note

Codes

First indicator - Display constant controller

0 No display constant generated

1 Cast

Second indicator:

# Undefined

Subfields:

a Participant or performer note (NR)

6 Linkage (NR)

8 Field link and sequence number (R)

NOTE: See MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data (511 Participant or Performer Note) for code definitions not given below.

Description/Instructions

Field 511 is used for notes that give 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). For serials, field 511 is primarily used for sound recordings and videorecordings.

Display constant

The introductory term Cast: may be system generated as a display constant associated with the field tag.

First indicator - Display constant controller

0 No display constant generated.

When a display constant is not desired, use value "0".

511 0# Commentators: Gregory P. Johnstone, Stephen W. Ireland, Clay M. Powell, J. David Watt.

511 0# Narrators: Nora Rawlinson, 1986-

1 Cast.

When the display constant "Cast:" is desired, input value "1".

Subfields

$a Participant or performer note.

511 0# Presenter: India today.

$6 Linkage.

For instructions on the use of subfield $6, see field 880.

Related fields, etc.

508, Appendix N

511 Participant or Performer Note (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)