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545  Biographical or Historical Data (R)

Record Type

BIB

Input Standards
Field (Full/Minimal)
Optional/Optional
1st Indicator  Type of data
blank character No information provided
0 Biographical sketch
1 Administrative history
2nd Indicator  Undefined
blank character Undefined
Subfields (R=Repeatable  NR=Nonrepeatable) Input Standards (Full/Minimal)
ǂa Biographical or historical data (NR) Mandatory/Mandatory
ǂb Expansion (NR) Optional/Optional
ǂu Uniform Resource Identifier (R) Optional/Optional
ǂ6 Linkage (NR) System supplied/System supplied
ǂ8 Field link and sequence number (R) Optional/Optional

Definition

A note with biographical information about an individual or historical information about an institution or event used as an access point.

When no distinction between levels of detail in a biographical/historical note is required, subfield ǂa contains all the text. When a distinction is appropriate, subfield ǂa contains a brief statement and subfield ǂb contains additional information.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Type of data. A value that identifies the type of data in the field.
 
blank character

No information provided. The value that indicates that information is not provided as to the type of data in the field.

545     Active from March 15, 1905 until April 17, 1989
 
0

Biographical sketch. A biographical sketch.

545 0   Born Kingston, N.Y., April 4, 1856; worked at J.J. Bufford's Lith. in Boston, 1890-1895
 
1

Administrative history. An administrative history of an organization.

545 1   The Office of Geography provided research and other staff services for the interdepartmental Board on Geographic Names and the Secretary of the Interior on foreign geographic nomenclature.

2nd Indicator

Undefined. The 2nd indicator position is undefined and contains a blank.

blank character Undefined

Subfields

  
ǂa Biographical or historical data

A brief note providing biographical information about an individual. Use subfield ǂa also for historical and administrative information relating to an organization. When no distinction between levels of detail in a biographical/historical note is required, subfield ǂa contains all the text. When a distinction is appropriate, subfield ǂa contains a brief statement and subfield ǂb contains additional information.

545     Author and reformer. Born Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. Married (1836) Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886)
ǂb Expansion

An expansion of the biographical or historical note given in subfield ǂa.

545 1   The Office of Geography provides research and other staff services for the interdepartmental Board on Geographic Names and the Secretary of the Interior on foreign geographic nomenclature. ǂb The Office inherited functions and records of earlier boards and committees engaged in similar work. The earliest of these, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, was created by an Executive order of September 4, 1890, to ensure uniform usage throughout the executive departments of the Government...
ǂu Uniform Resource Identifier

For information about subfield ǂu, see Control Subfields. Repeat subfield if digital object has multiple identifiers (URIs).

545     The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society, a bird preservation group founded in 1905 and named for the American naturalist and wildlife painter John James Audubon (1785-1851). ǂb The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is dedicated to protecting birds, wildlife, and their habitats in Louisiana. More information about the Baton Rouge Audubon Society is available on its website at: ǂu http://www.braudubon.org/
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:

  • Precede subfield ǂb by a period-space or a semicolon-space
  • Optionally, precede subfield ǂu by a colon-space
  • 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 is subfield ǂu or ends with an ellipsis or period (following an abbreviation or initial)
545     The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society, a bird preservation group founded in 1905 and named for the American naturalist and wildlife painter John James Audubon (1785-1851). ǂb The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is dedicated to protecting birds, wildlife, and their habitats in Louisiana. More information about the Baton Rouge Audubon Society is available on its website at: ǂu http://www.braudubon.org/

For records containing minimal or no punctuation, include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields. Otherwise, omit the punctuation outlined above.

545     The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society, a bird preservation group founded in 1905 and named for the American naturalist and wildlife painter John James Audubon (1785-1851) ǂb The Baton Rouge Audubon Society is dedicated to protecting birds, wildlife, and their habitats in Louisiana. More information about the Baton Rouge Audubon Society is available on its website at ǂu http://www.braudubon.org/

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

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 545.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 545.

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