Definition and scope:

866  Textual Holdings - Basic Bibliographic Unit  (R)

867  Textual Holdings - Supplementary Material  (R)

868  Textual Holdings - Indexes  (R)

An 866-868 field contains a textual description which may include both the captions and enumeration and chronology for the holdings of a bibliographic item in the collections of the reporting organization.  These fields are normally not used in holdings for single-part items.  They may be used instead of the coded 853-855 Captions and Pattern and 863-865 Enumeration and Chronology fields for multipart and serial items when those fields cannot be used adequately to describe the holdings.  The 866-868 fields may also be used in addition to an Enumeration and Chronology field and any related Captions and Pattern field to record and generate an alternative display for all or part of the enumeration and chronology and captions and pattern fields.

A general description of the four types of holdings data fields, their relationship to each other, and the repeatability of each is given in the 853-878 Holdings Data - General Information section.  Guidelines for recording item information related to holdings data in the 866-868 fields is given in the 876-878 Item Information - General Information section.

Fields 866-868 are repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position

Description

Repeatability

Fields 866-868

Textual Holdings Fields

R

Indicator:

 

 

First

Field encoding level

 

#

No information provided

 

3

Holdings level 3

 

4

Holdings level 4

 

5

Holdings level 4 with piece designation

 

 

 

 

Second

Type of notation

 

0

Non-standard

 

1

ANSI/NISO Z39.71 or ISO 10324

 

2

ANSI Z39.42

 

7

Source specified in subfield $2

 

 

 

 

Subfield code:

 

 

$a

Textual holdings

NR

$x

Nonpublic note

R

$z

Public note

R

$2

Source of notation

NR

$6

Linkage

NR

$8

Field link and sequence number

R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Abbreviation

Content designator history:

Second Indicator - Type of notation

Value 7 - Source specified in subfield $2  [new, 2005]

Subfields $x - Nonpublic note  [new, 1987]

$z - Note  [redefined, 1987]

In 1987, subfield $x was defined for nonpublic notes and subfield $z (Note) was redefined to include only public notes.  Prior to that change, both public and nonpublic notes were contained in subfield $z.

Subfield $2 - Source of notation  [new, 2005]

Related MARC fields or documents:

853-878  Holdings Data - General Information

853-855  Captions and Pattern

863-865  Enumeration and Chronology

876-878  Item Information - General Information

Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules.  Appendix B:  Abbreviations

Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items (ANSI/NISO Z39.71)

Holdings Statements--Summary Level (ISO 10324)

Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes:

Holdings Scheme Source Codes

See also:

853-878  Holdings Data Fields

Variable Data Fields