032 Postal Registration Number (R)
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Input Standards |
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| 1st Indicator Undefined | ||
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| 2nd Indicator Undefined | ||
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| Subfields (R=Repeatable NR=Nonrepeatable) | Input Standards (Full/Minimal) | |
| ǂa | Postal registration number (NR) | Mandatory/Mandatory |
| ǂb | Source agency assigning the number (NR) | Mandatory/Mandatory |
| ǂ6 | Linkage (NR) | System supplied/System supplied |
| ǂ8 | Field link and sequence number (R) | Optional/Optional |
Definition |
Contains postal service registration numbers. Some countries require postal service registration numbers for certain mailing class privileges. In the United States, the U.S. Postal Service assigns U.S. Postal Service (USPS) publication numbers to second-class and controlled-circulation material. In Canada, Canada Post (CP) assigns the Second Class Mail Registration Number. The National Serials Data Program uses field 032 to record USPS numbers of publications for which NSDP has reported ISSNs to the Postal Service. |
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1st Indicator |
Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
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2nd Indicator |
Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
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Subfields |
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| ǂa Postal registration number | Enter USPS numbers as six digits. Enter leading 0's to fill all six positions. Do not enter hyphens. Canada Post (CP) Second Class Mail Registration numbers are recorded as four digits.
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| ǂb Source agency assigning the number | The source of the number in subfield ǂa. For numbers assigned by Canada Post, the name of the source is given as CP.
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| ǂ6 Linkage | Data that link fields when non-Latin script is entered. This subfield is system supplied and does not appear in OCLC online displays. Do not manually add subfield ǂ6. For more information about subfield ǂ6, see Control Subfields. |
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| ǂ8 Field link and sequence number | For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields. |
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Indexing |
Field 032 is not indexed. |
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MARC 21 |
For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 032. |