886 Foreign MARC Information Field

Field definition and scope:

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.

The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.

Field 886 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 886	Foreign MARC Information Field	O	O	R
Indicator:
First	Type of field	M
0	Leader	A
1	Variable control fields [002-009]	A
2	Variable data fields [010-999]	A

Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Tag of the foreign MARC field	A	O	NR
$b	Content of the foreign MARC field	M	O	NR
$2	Source of data	M	O	NR
$a-z	Foreign MARC subfield	A	O	R
$0-9	Foreign MARC subfield	A	O	R

Content designator history:

First Indicator - Undefined [CAN/MARC only]: Prior to 1997, the first indicator was undefined.

Subfields $b - Content of the foreign MARC Leader [redefined, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

$c - Content of the foreign MARC control fields 002-009 [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]

$d - Content designators and data elements of the foreign MARC variable fields 010-999 [obsolete, 1997] [CAN/MARC only]