Definition |
Information about the organization and arrangement of a collection of items. For instance, for computer files, the file structure and sort sequence; for visual materials, the arrangement of the collection. For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below. |
1st Indicator |
Undefined. The 1st indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
 |
Undefined |
|
2nd Indicator |
Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.
|
Undefined |
|
Subfields |
|
| ǂa Organization |
The manner in which the items have been subdivided into smaller units (e.g., as record groups divided into series and series into subseries). Use also for individual series titles.
| 351 |
|
|
ǂc Series; ǂa Organized into five subseries; ǂb Arranged by form of material |
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Diaries and notebooks ǂa Organized into four series: I. Youth, 1846-1852. II. Early Career, 1853-1865. III. Political Life, 1866-1895. IV. Retirement, 1896-1903; ǂb Chronological arrangement |
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Records ǂa Organized into four subgroups; ǂb Arranged by office of origin |
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Permits for fishery operations 1914-24 ǂc Subseries; ǂb Alphabetical by state then by year of renewal and within year by permit number |
|
| COM |
Use for information about the file structure. When the organization is dependent on the software of a particular database management system, the name of the software or the system is given.
|
| ǂb Arrangement |
Terms used to describe the pattern of arrangement of materials within a unit, such as alphabetical, chronological, by country, by office of origin, etc.
| 351 |
|
|
Fixed-length, nonhierarchical; ǂb Month by carrier code and flight number |
| 351 |
|
|
Rectangular; ǂb Enumeration district and block group tract within county within state |
| 351 |
|
|
Hierarchical; ǂb Geographic area or cruise number |
| 351 |
|
|
ǂb Includes general records, 1898-1945 (922 ft.); other records relating to the Philippine Islands, 1897-1938 (47 ft.); library records, 1868-1945 (685 ft.); miscellaneous records, 1898-1937 (49 ft.); and audiovisual records, 1898-1939 (14,570 items) |
|
| COM |
Use for information about the sort sequence.
| 351 |
|
|
ǂb Alphabetical by surname |
|
| ǂc Hierarchical level |
The hierarchical position of the items relative to each other with the same provenance (e.g., group, subgroup, packaging unit, folder, or item).
| 351 |
|
|
ǂc Series; ǂa Organized into five subseries; ǂb Arranged by form of material |
| 351 |
|
|
ǂc Series; ǂb Alphabetical by sitter |
|
| ǂ3 Materials specified |
For information about subfield ǂ3, see Control Subfields.
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Thirty-one units of original materials ǂb Numbered series, kept in the order in which they arrived |
|
| 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 records containing punctuation, follow these instructions:
- Optionally, follow an initial subfield ǂ3 by a colon-space or a space-colon-space if following an open date
- Precede subfields ǂa, ǂb, and ǂc by a semicolon-space unless preceded by subfield ǂ3
- Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
- Optionally, add a terminal period at the end of the field unless the last subfield ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Diaries and notebooks: ǂa Organized into four series: I. Youth, 1846-1852. II. Early Career, 1853-1865. III. Political Life, 1866-1895. IV. Retirement, 1896-1903; ǂb Chronological arrangement |
For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.
| 351 |
|
|
ǂ3 Diaries and notebooks ǂa Organized into four series: I. Youth, 1846-1852. II. Early Career, 1853-1865. III. Political Life, 1866-1895. IV. Retirement, 1896-1903 ǂb Chronological arrangement |
For more information on punctuation, including OCLC policy, see section 2.8, Punctuation. |
Indexing |
Field 351 is not indexed. |
MARC 21 |
For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 351. |
