Cataloging & Serials

Series Authority Records

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The following are fields in the MARC authority record. This list includes the fields that are most commonly found in series authority records. For more information on authority records, see the MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data.

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Numbers and Codes Fields

Field Number	Field Name
010__	LC authority record control number
022__	International standard serial number
035__	System control number
040__	Cataloging source
050__	LC call number
050_4	Local LC call number [MUST HAVE |5 KKS]
053__	LC classification
053_4	Local LC classification [MUST HAVE |5 KKS
090__	Local call number [DO NOT USE]

Headings

Field Number	Field Name
1XX	Established heading
4XX	Search under (see) from tracing
5XX	Search also under (search also) from tracing

Series Treatment Fields

Field Number	Field Name
640	Series dates of publication and/or volume designation
641	Series numbering peculiarities
642	Series numbering example
643	Series place and publisher/issuing body
644	Series analysis practice f=analyzed in full (each title in series has an individual/separate bib record) p=analyzed in part (some titles in series have an individual bib record) n=not analyzed (no titles are cataloged individually)
645	Series tracing practice t=traced n=not traced
646	Series classification practice c=collected and analyzed (all titles under same analytic call number) s=classified separately (all titles under individual call number) m=classified with main or other series

ALL locally added 64X fields must have |5 KKS.

Notes

Field Number	Field Name
667	Name usage or scope note (how the name should be used)
670	Source data found (where the name was verified)
675	Source data not found (where the name was not found)
690	Local note

ALL locally added 667, 670 and 675 fields must have |5 KKS.

667 examples:

• Cannot identify with:
• Has subtitle:
• Title changed definitively around no. 601, 1996; a few scattered earlier issues have the later title; a few scattered later issues have the earlier title
• Imprint varies.
• First 4 vols. numbered retrospectively.
• Some issues have title:
• Record covers additional persons.
• Not the same as: