2.38.1 Field 1 MARC Field Number, a.k.a. Tag: 3 characters, display only

Purpose: To specify the MARC Field Number, which is also known as the tag.

2.38.2 Field 2 MARC Field (Tag) Name: 60 characters, display only

Purpose: To specify the MARC Field Name associated with the MARC Field Number (the tag). The name is descriptive of the values collected in the associated positions or subfields.

Example: Tag 050 has a MARC Field Name of LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER.

2.38.3 Field 3 Function Keys

2.38.4 Field 4 Indicator Number: 80 characters, display only

Purpose: To specify the indicator position and the position's description relative to the field. For example, Field 245, Title Statement, Second Indicator, is named Nonfiling characters.

2.38.5 Field 5 Indicator Value: 1 character, mandatory

2.38.6 Field 6 Subfield Delimiter Character: 1 character, display only

This value is taken from the MARC Bibliographic Defaults table. It is the character which prefaces the subfield in order to demarcate the subfield letter as a subfield. Typically, this value is either a $ character (dollar sign) or a | character (vertical bar).

2.38.7 Field 7 Tag Subfield: 1 character, mandatory

Purpose: To specify the subfield for this tag at this occurrence within the tag. Typically, the first occurrence should be subfield a. After the first occurrence, the subfields are as needed.

Format: A single character which should be from the tag's subfield table. The table may be listed. The software will not permit Non-Repeatable (NR) subfields to occur more than once.

2.38.8 Field 8 Subfield Value: 72 characters, multiple, mandatory

Purpose: To specify the value for the specified subfield.

Format: For non-List subfields, this value may use 999 lines. For list subfields, such as tag 042 - AUTHENTICATION CODE, subfield a Authentication code, the values will be validated to the subfield's domain.

Tag 650 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY, subfield a is validated to the authority file, as are the following qualifiers.

Tag 856 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS, if the first indicator is 4 - HTTP, then the value subfield u - Uniform Resource Locator, is validated regularly by the URL checker.

Tag 949 (a local tag), subfield a, can have two special values for this software. Value SERIAL is the key to this software to enable Serial Management for this bib. In Batch Control window, function Serial Initiation simply adds a 949 $a SERIAL to each bib in the batch.

The second special value for 949 $a is OTHER. OTHER tells the software not to index the bib in the catalog. The bib is still in the catalog, but its titles, authors, subject headings, keywords, etc., are not indexed and thus not subject to search results.

2.38.9 Field 9 Controls Ok, Cancel, & Help: tab stop

Purpose: To specify an action that controls the window's flow. [Ok] will save and apply the displayed values, whereas [Cancel] will reject the changes. [Help] will display all of the documentation for the window. Press the Help key for context sensitive help for each field.

Format: It is an action that toggles the push button.

Menu Style: Push Button

Menu Values:
Ok
Cancel
Help