USMARC Concise Authority: Series Treatment Fields (64X)



Fields 640-646 contain information concerning the treatment of a series or other multipart item represented by the heading in a 1XX field in the same record. The data elements and fields that are used to record series treatment information include three character positions in field 008; link, standard number, and call number fields in the 0XX range; and the 64X series treatment information fields.

640 - SERIES DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR VOLUME DESIGNATION (R)


The beginning/ending date(s) of publication and/or the extent of volumes within a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. A citation for the source of the information may also be present.

Indicators

Subfield Codes

Examples


640

0#$av. 1- - Apr. 1970-

640

0#$a1972-

640

1#$aVols. published for the years 1953- 1966

640

1#$aComplete in 10 v.

640

1#$aCalendar year 1982 pub. in 1983 $zp. 3

640

1#$aVol. 1 pub. in 1954 $zp. 2 of cov., v. 15

640

1#$aProjected in 6 v. $zv. 1, p. 316

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641 - SERIES NUMBERING PECULIARITIES (R)


A note that describes irregularities in the report year coverage and/or numbering of a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. A citation for the source of the information may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


641

##$aEach issue covers: Apr. 1-Mar. 31

641

##$aSome items issued: with numeric/alpha or alpha numeric designation (447P; X042); some with double numbering (3092R-3092T); and some with numeric sub-subdivision (825/1)

641

##$aIntrod. and concluding vols. unnumb.

641

##$aNumbering begins with no. 3

641

##$aDouble numbering discontinued with t. 179 $zt. 179, t.p.

641

##$aNo. 7 never published $zno. 11, t.p. verso

641

##$aNumbering does not begin with v. 1 $zLC data base, 8-5-85

641

##$aPublication suspended 1922-29 $zUnion list of serials

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642 - SERIES NUMBERING EXAMPLE (R)


The series numbering example that is to be followed in the volume number/sequential designation portion of a series added entry tracing in bibliographic records for individual issues of the series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the series numbering applies may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


642

##$a79/2 $5DLC

642

##$ano. AK-RD-86-14 $5DI

642

##$ano. 19 $ditems published [1982 - ] $5DLC

642

##$av. 3, no. 4 $ditems published before [1979 - ] $5DLC

642

##$avol. 6 $5DLC $5DLC photo-offset reprint

642

##$ano. 4 $5DLC $5MH

642

##$ano. 34 $5DLC

642

##$a1992, no. 1 $5DI

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643 - SERIES PLACE AND PUBLISHER/ISSUING BODY (R)


The place of publication and the name of the publisher/issuing body of the series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The AACR 2 punctuation that is associated with imprint data elements is not carried in the USMARC record. It may be generated by the presence of subfields $a and $b. The volumes/ dates to which the publication information applies may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


643

##$aQuito $bs.n.

643

##$aLondon, England $aDover, N.H. $bManchester University Press

643

##$aMadrid $bJ. & A. Garrigues

643

##$aBowling Green, OH $bSocial Philosophy and Policy Center $aNew Brunswick, USA $bTransaction Books

643

##$aLisboa $bInstituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical/Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar $dno. 137-

643

##$aLisboa $bJunta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar $dno.[130 - ]-136

643

##$aLisboa $bMinisterio do Ultramar, Junta de Investigacoes do Ultramar $d[no. 3-127 - ]

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644 - SERIES ANALYSIS PRACTICE (R)


A code that indicates a specific organization's analysis practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the practice applies may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


644

##$af $5DLC

644

##$ap $5DLC

644

##$an $dv. 49- $5DLC

644

##$af $dv. 1-48 $5DLC

644

##$an $bexcept v. 10, no. 1-3, v. 19, no. 4 $5DLC

644

##$af $danalyzable parts $5DLC

644

##$an $ditems processed after May 27, 1993 $5DLC

644

##$af $ditems processed before May 28, 1993 $5DLC

644

##$af $5DLC $5DLC photo-offset reprint

644

##$af $5DLC $5MH

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645 - SERIES TRACING PRACTICE (R)


A code that indicates a specific organization's tracing practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the tracing practice applies may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


645

##$at $5DLC

645

##$an $5DLC

645

##$at $ditems cataloged after Dec. 31, 1980 $5DLC

645

##$an $ditems cataloged before Jan. 1, 1981 $5DLC

645

##$an $5DLC

645

##$an $5DLC $5MH

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646 - SERIES CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE (R)


A code that indicates a specific organization's classification practice for a series named in the 1XX field of an established heading record for a series. The volumes/dates and/or the institution/copy identification to which the classification practice applies may also be present.

Indicators


Both undefined; each contains a blank (#)

Subfield Codes

Examples


646

##$as $5DLC

646

##$ac $5DLC

646

##$am $5DLC

646

##$as $5DLC

646

##$ac $5DI

646

##$ac $dno. 65- $5DLC

646

##$as $dno. 1-64 $5DLC

646

##$as $5DLC $5ICU

646

##$as $5DLC $5DLC photo-offset reprint