BibFormats

243  Collective Uniform Title (NR)

Record Type

BIB

Input Standards

Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Uniform title printed or displayed
Not printed or displayed
1 Printed or displayed
2nd Indicator  Nonfiling characters
No nonfiling characters
1-9 Number of nonfiling characters
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa Uniform title (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂd Date of treaty signing (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂf Date of a work (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂg Miscellaneous information (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂh Medium (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂk Form subheading (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂl Language of a work (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂm Medium of performance for music (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂn Number of part/section of a work (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂo Arranged statement for music (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂp Name of part/section of a work (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂr Key for music (NR) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂs Version (R) Required if applicable/Required if applicable
ǂ6 Linkage (NR) System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8 Field link and sequence number (R) Optional/Optional

Definition

A generic title constructed by the cataloger used to collect works by a prolific author. Field 243 was used for preferred titles of a collective nature (e.g., Works) that are not distinctive enough for an added title access point.

Prefer use of field 240 in place of field 243 when entering or replacing data in WorldCat records.

Do not enter field 243 and field 130 or field 240 in the same record.

For more information, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Uniform title printed or displayed. For information about the 1st indicator position, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

 
0

Not printed or displayed

 
1

Printed or displayed

2nd Indicator

Nonfiling characters. For information about the 2nd indicator position, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

 
0

No nonfiling characters

 
1-9

Number of nonfiling characters

Subfields

 
ǂa Uniform title

For information about subfield ǂa, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂd Date of treaty signing

For information about subfield ǂd, see Preferred Titles--General Information. Subfield ǂd is unlikely to be used for current cataloging in field 243.

ǂf Date of a work

For information about subfield ǂf, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂg Miscellaneous information

For information about subfield ǂg, see Preferred Titles--General Information. Subfield ǂg is unlikely to be used for current cataloging in field 243.

ǂh Medium

For information about subfield ǂh, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂk Form subheading

For information about subfield ǂk, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂl Language of a work

For information about subfield ǂl, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂm Medium of performance for music

For information about subfield ǂm, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂn Number of part/section of a work

For information about subfield ǂn, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂo Arranged statement for music

For information about subfield ǂo, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂp Name of part/section of a work

For information about subfield ǂp, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂr Key for music

For information about subfield ǂr, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

ǂs Version

For information about subfield ǂs, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

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.

ǂ8 Field link and sequence number

For information about subfield ǂ8, see Control Subfields.

Punctuation

For information about punctuation, see Preferred Titles--General Information.

For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation.

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 243.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 243.