850 Holding Institution

Field definition and scope:

Field 850 contains the MARC code or the name of the institution reporting that it holds the item. Field 850 may be repeated when the size of a single field exceeds system limitations due to the number of $a subfields present.

The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.

Field 850 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 850	Holding Institution	O	O	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Holding institution	M	O	R
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Content designator history:

Subfields $b - Holdings (MU VM SE) [obsolete]

$d - Inclusive dates (MU VM SE) [obsolete]

$e - Retention statement (CF MU VM SE) [obsolete]

Subfields $b, $d, and $e were made obsolete in 1990.