886 Foreign MARC Information Field

Codes

First indicator - Type of field

0 Leader

1 Variable control fields [002-009]

2 Variable data fields [010-999]

Second indicator:

# Undefined

Subfields:

a Tag of the foreign MARC field (NR)

b Content of the foreign MARC field (NR)

2 Source of data (NR)

a-z Foreign MARC subfield (R)

0-9 Foreign MARC subfield (R)

NOTE: See MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data (886 Foreign MARC Information Field) for code definitions not given below.

Description/Instructions

Field 886 contains data from foreign MARC records for which there are no corresponding MARC 21 fields. It is used when converting foreign MARC records into the MARC 21 format. Prior to format integration, CONSER records authenticated by the Library and Archives Canada often contained 9XX fields from the CAN/MARC bibliographic format. 9XX fields on LAC records in the OCLC Online Union Catalog were converted into the 886 field in spring 1996.

Canadian local fields

The 9XX CAN/MARC fields contained in MARC 21 field 886 are designed to provide the bibliographic access and to accommodate the bibliographic products that are required in a bilingual country. They also contain information that may be used to produce cross references. A separate CAN/MARC field, 990, lists the fields that are used to produce particular outputs.

LAC submits online, or on CAN/MARC tapes, separate records with cataloging in English and in French for bilingual (French/English) serials. Equivalences are provided for headings on both records and participants may choose either record. LAC also submits records with cataloging in French for serials issued in French. For French language records, fields 1XX, 240, 4XX, 700-730, and 8XX will frequently have an official English language equivalence in the corresponding CAN/MARC 9XX fields.

CAN/MARC 9XX fields, except field 990, are constructed in the same way as the corresponding object field, i.e., the main and added entry fields (1XX and 700-730), the uniform title (240), and the series statement and series added entry (4XX and 8XX). The indicators and subfield codes of the 9XX fields correspond to those of the fields to which they are linked, with the following exception: fields 910, 920, and 921 to which subfield code $z (text of history note) is added.

710 2# Royal Commission on Matters of Health and Safety Arising from the Use of Asbestos in Ontario.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 910 $b 10 $a Ontario. $b Royal Commission on Matters of Health and Safety Arising from the Use of Asbestos in Ontario.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 910 $b 10 $a Ontario. $b Royal Commission on Asbestos.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 990 $b 20 $a 71001a $b 91001z

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 990 $b 10 $a 91002ab $b 71001a

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 990 $b 10 $a 91003ab $b 71001a

First indicator - Type of field

The first indicator position contains a value that specifies the type of foreign MARC field from which the data is converted.

0 Leader.

Value 0 indicates that the information is from the foreign MARC Leader.

886 0# $2 intermrc $b 00860nambb6200206###4500

[Leader from an INTERMARC record.]

1 Variable control fields [002-009].

Value 1 indicates that the information is from a foreign MARC variable control field.

886 1# $2 intermrc $a 004 $b 10000a90001

2 Variable data fields [010-999].

Value 2 indicates that the information is from a foreign MARC variable control field.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 910 $b 20 $a Fondation de la recherche sur la toxicomanie (Ont.)

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 990 $b 10 $a 91002a $b 11001a

Subfields

$a Tag of the foreign MARC field.

Subfield $a contains the three-character tag number (002-999) as designated in the foreign MARC record. Subfield $a must be the second subfield in the field, immediately before subfield $b. If the first indicator value is 0 (Leader), then subfield $a will not be present.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 920 $b 2# $a Library and Archives Canada.

$b Content of the foreign MARC field.

Subfield $b contains either the twenty-four characters of the Leader, the entire content of the foreign MARC variable control field (002-009), or the entire content, including indicators, subfield codes, and data, of the foreign MARC variable data field (010-999). Subfield $b must be the final subfield in the field.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 921 $b 2# $a Parti libéral (Canada) Conférence, $c Harrison Hot Springs, C.-B., $d 1969.

$2 Source of data.

Subfield $2 contains the MARC 21 code for the format used as the source for the MARC record, for example, Chinese MARC, UK MARC, etc. The source of the MARC 21 code is Sources Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes (Format Source Codes) that is maintained by the Library of Congress. Subfield $2 must be the first subfield in the field.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 983 $b #0 $a Monograph series (Ontario. Education Relations Commission) ; $v no. 25.

$a-z, $0-9 Foreign MARC subfield.

These subfields and their content are those present in the original foreign MARC field, after being prefaced with subfields $2, $a, and $b as defined above. Note that these subfields are only used when the first indicator is value 2.

886 2# $2 canmarc $a 982 $b 2# $a Conférence sur l'administration de l'école secondaire $d (1972 : $c St. Joseph. N.B.) $t Collection études

Related fields, etc.

C12, 1XX, 240, 4XX, 700-730, 8XX

886 Foreign MARC Information Field (MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data)