844 Name of Unit (NR) (Variable Data Field)
Field 844 contains the name or title appearing on an item. The item may be a basic bibliographic unit, supplementary material, or an index. The name of the unit consists of its bibliographic title or a supplied designation describing it. A supplement or index designation used as a caption is contained in fields 853-855 (Captions and Pattern), subfield $a-$h (Enumeration captions).
Field 844 is NOT repeatable.
Guidelines for applying content designators:
For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:
Position |
Description |
Repeatability |
Field 844 |
Name of Unit |
NR |
Indicator: |
|
|
First |
Undefined; contains a blank |
|
Second |
Undefined; contains a blank |
|
|
|
|
Subfield code: |
|
|
$a |
NR |
|
$6 |
NR |
|
$8 |
R |
See: Examples for this field.
Related MARC field or document:
853-855 Captions and Pattern - General Information
See also: