Leader/06 Type of record

Character position definition and scope:

The Type of record character position contains a one-character alphabetic code that indicates the type of item covered by the holdings statement.

When holdings information is embedded in a MARC bibliographic record, the Leader/06 code may be contained in subfield $a (Type of record) of field 841 (Holdings Coded Data Values), which is also embedded in the bibliographic record.

Code:	Type of record description:
u	Unknown
v	Multipart item holdings
x	Single-part item holdings
y	Serial item holdings

Content designator history:

Code v - Multipart Item Holdings [defined, 1991]: In 1991, code v was added to distinguish multipart item holdings from serial item holdings. Prior to that change, both multipart and serial items were contained in code y.

For information on other Leader positions, select:

Leader