540 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note

Field definition and scope:

Field 540 contains information about terms governing the use of the materials after access has been provided. The field includes, but is not limited to, copyrights, film rights, trade restrictions, etc. that restrict the right to reproduce, exhibit, fictionalize, quote, etc.

Information about restrictions imposed on access to the described materials is recorded in field 506 (Restrictions on Access Note).

The National level record requirement for this field is Optional.

Field 540 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 540	Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note	O	O	R
Indicator:
First	Undefined; contains a blank	M
Second	Undefined; contains a blank	M

Subfield code:
$a	Terms governing use and reproduction	M	O	NR
$b	Jurisdiction	A	O	NR
$c	Authorization	A	O	NR
$d	Authorized users	A	O	NR
$f	Use and reproduction rights			R
$g	Availability date			R
$q	Supplying agency			NR
$u	Uniform Resource Identifier	O	O	R
$2	Source of term			NR
$3	Materials specified	O	O	NR
$5	Institution to which field applies	A	O	NR
$6	Linkage	A	O	NR
$8	Field link and sequence number	O	O	R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Content designator history:

Subfield $f - Use and reproduction rights [new, 2019]

Subfield $g - Availability date [new, 2019]

Subfield $q - Supplying agency [new, 2019]

Subfield $u - Uniform Resource Identifier [new, 2002]

Subfield $2 - Source of term [new, 2019]