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Field overview

The data fields are grouped by segment. The field number determines which segment a field belongs to: fields 001 to 075 carry control information, while everything from 076 onwards describes the item itself.

Each field page gives the field number, the indicator and whether the field may occur more than once, describes the content and shows examples from practice.

68 fields in 13 segments. The field number leads to the field page with the full description and the examples.

An indicator of “blank” is not used. A “–” means: no entry, no subfields or no counterpart. The MARC21 column names the field that corresponds to the SBC field when exchanging data with MARC21; where only the indicators tell two fields apart, they are given as well (“#” = undefined).

Control fields 0--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
001 (ID number) blank Identification number of the record 001 (external site)
002a (Creation) a Date of the acquisition
003 (Modification) blank Date of the last correction 005 (external site)
004 (Record preparation) blank Date of the preparation of the record
060 (Content type) blank RDA-Inhaltstyp $a – content type in textual form
$b – content type in coded form
336 (external site)
061 (Media type) blank RDA-Medientyp $a – media type in textual form
$b – media type in coded form
337 (external site)
062 (Carrier type) blank RDA-Datenträgertyp $a – carrier type in textual form
$b – carrier type in coded form
338 (external site)
064 (Nature of content)* blank Nature of the content $a – nature of the content in textual form 655 (external site) $a
070a (Supplying institution) a Identifier of the supplying institution 040 (external site) $c

* Field may occur more than once.

Local data 076-088#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
077 (reserved) reserved for later extensions
078c (Annotation rights) c Permitted use and rights holder or source
078f (Review rights) f Permitted use and rights holder or source
079 (Cover)* blank Medien-Cover
081 (Charging number) blank Charging number 876 (external site) $p
082 (Shelf location) blank Location 852 (external site) $a
082a (Reader-oriented shelving) a leserorientierte Aufstellung 852 (external site) $b
083 (Colour) blank Color
084 (Owner) blank Proprietor
085 (Supplier) blank Vendor
086 (Remark) blank Remarks about the title-related local data 007 (external site)
087 (Loan data) blank Ausleihdaten
088 (Binding age limit) blank Verbindliche Altersangabe

* Field may occur more than once.

Volume description 089-090#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
089 (Volume) blank Volume in descriptive form 245 (external site) $n

Personal names 1--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
100 (Author 1) blank 1st author 100 (external site) $a
100b (Other person 1) b 1st person involved in producing the work without being the author 700 (external site) $a
104 (Author 2) blank 2nd author 700 (external site) $a
104b (Other person 2) b 2nd person involved in producing the work without being the author 700 (external site) $a
108 (Author 3) blank 3rd author 700 (external site) $a
108b (Other person 3) b 3rd person involved in producing the work without being the author 700 (external site) $a
112b-136b (Other persons 4-10) b 4th to 10th person involved in producing the work without being the author 700 (external site) $a

Corporate names 2--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
200 (Corporate body 1) blank 1st corporate author/body 110 (external site) $a
204 (Corporate body 2) blank 2nd corporate author/body 710 (external site) $a
208 (Corporate body 3) blank 3rd corporate author/body 710 (external site) $a
212-236 (Corporate bodies 4-10) blank 4th to 10th corporate author/body 710 (external site) $a

Title 3--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
304 (Uniform title) blank Uniform title 240 (external site) $a
331 (Title proper) blank Title proper in descriptive or hybrid form 245 (external site) $a
335 (Other title information) blank Remainder of title 245 (external site) $b
359 (Statement of responsibility) blank Author statement (statement of responsibility) 245 (external site) $c

Publication statement, extent, accompanying material 400-437#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
403 (Edition) blank Edition statement in descriptive form 250 (external site) $a
410 (Place of publication) blank Place(s) of publication, printing, etc. 260 (external site) $a
412 (Publisher) blank Name of publisher, printer, etc. 260 (external site) $b
425 (Year of publication) blank Year(s) of publication 260 (external site) $c
433 (Extent) blank Extent of item 300 (external site) $a
434 (Illustrations) blank Illustration statement; Technical data of sound carriers 300 (external site) $b
435 (Dimensions) blank Dimensions 300 (external site) $c
437 (Accompanying material) blank Statement of accompanying material 300 (external site) $e

Series statements 451-496#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
451 (Series) blank 1st series title in descriptive form 490 (external site) $a

Notes 501-539#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
501 (General note) blank General note, unstructured 500 (external site) $a
517 (Bible reference) blank Contents note 505 (external site) $a

Standard numbers 540-589#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
540n (ISN) n International Standard Book Number (ISBN), International Standard Music Number (ISMN), International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) or European Article Number (EAN), each formally (technically) valid 020 (external site) $a; 024 (external site) $a for ISMN and ISSN
540t (Binding) t Type of binding 945 se $a
540z (Price) z Price 020 (external site) $c
544 (Shelfmark) blank Local call number 852 (external site) $c
551 (Order number) blank Publisher, production or order number 028 (external site) $a

Source 590-599#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
599b (BSN) b Identification number in the union catalogue (BSN)

Extensions 6--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
655e (Catalogue enrichment) e Address of an electronic resource or of the catalogue enrichment $u – electronic address of an electronic resource (a link) as a URL (Uniform Resource …
$3 – what the link refers to (max. 30 characters), from this list. The values are stored in …
856 (external site) 42 $u
678 (Target group)* blank Zielgruppe $a – target group in textual form

* Field may occur more than once.

Subject indexing 7--#

Field Indicator Content Subfields MARC21
700 (Notation) blank Notation of a classification system 084 (external site) $a
700s (Interest category) s Interessenkreis 072 (external site) $a
700t (Age) t Altersangabe 945 aa $a
710 (Subject heading) blank Subject headings 650 (external site) $a
750c (Annotation) c Note; Annotation 520 (external site) 8# $a
750f (Review) f Review 520 (external site) 1# $a
750p (Game contents) p Contents of games
751c (Annotation author) c Author of the annotation
751f (Reviewer) f Rezensent 945 rn $a
760 (Suitability) blank Qualification 520 (external site) 4# $a
761 (Usage note) blank Einsatzvermerk

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