Character position definition and scope:

Four characters indicate an intent to cancel, the effective date of a cancellation, or the date of the last expected part of a multipart or serial item (Leader/06, Type of record, code y) that is received on a continuing basis by the reporting organization.  A date is recorded as four numeric characters in the pattern yymm (2 for the year and 2 for the month).

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Code:

Description:

yymm

Date of cancellation or last expected part  The effective date of either the cancellation of a multipart or serial item or the actual date of the last expected part.  The volume or issue designation for the last expected part may be recorded in subfield $z (Public note) of field 852 (Location).

uuuu

Intent to cancel; effective date not known  Code u in each character position indicates that the reporting organization intends to cancel its receipt of the multipart or serial item but that the effective date of the cancellation is unknown.

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No intent to cancel or not applicable  Code # (blank) in each character position indicates either that the reporting organization does not intend to cancel its receipt of the multipart or serial item or that the information is not applicable to the item (the title has ceased, been superseded, or the title is not a serial).

Content designator history:

Prior to 2002, 008/08-11 was named "Intent to cancel date."  It was renamed in 2002.

Related MARC field or document:

852  Location

For information on other 008 character positions, see:

008  Fixed-Length Data Elements

See also:

Variable Control Fields