542 Information Relating to Copyright Status

Field definition and scope:

Field 542 contains information known about the item that may be used to determine copyright status.

The entire field may be repeated if a non-repeatable subfield needs to be repeated (e.g., Personal creator, Research date) or if additional information is added at a later date.

Although field 540 (Terms governing use and reproduction note) may include some data about copyright information, this field has more detailed information and specific subfield coding that allow for manipulation of the data.

The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.

Field 542 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 542	Information Relating to Copyright Status	O	O	R
Indicator:
First	Privacy	M
#	No information provided	A
0	Private	A
1	Not private	A

Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Personal creator	O	O	NR
$b	Personal creator death date	O	O	NR
$c	Corporate creator	O	O	NR
$d	Copyright holder	A	O	R
$e	Copyright holder contact information	O	O	R
$f	Copyright statement	A	O	R
$g	Copyright date	A	O	NR
$h	Copyright renewal date	A	O	R
$i	Publication date	O	O	NR
$j	Creation date	O	O	NR
$k	Publisher	O	O	R
$l	Copyright status	O	O	NR
$m	Publication status	A	O	NR
$n	Note	O	O	R
$o	Research date	O	O	NR
$p	Country of publication or creation	A	O	R
$q	Supplying agency	O	O	NR
$r	Jurisdiction of copyright assessment	A	O	NR
$s	Source of information	O	O	NR
$u	Uniform Resource Identifier	O	O	R
$3	Materials specified	O	O	NR
$6	Linkage	A	O	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Content designator history: