586  Awards Note (R)

Definition

A note about the awards associated with the item. Do not enter punctuation at the end of the field unless the last word in the field is an abbreviation, letter, or data that ends with a mark of punctuation.

For information on punctuation, see the Punctuation section below.

1st Indicator

Display constant controller. A value that controls the generation of the display constant preceding the note.

2nd Indicator

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

	Undefined

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
• Include incidental punctuation needed within any subfields, e.g., commas, periods (following abbreviations or initials), etc.
• Omit the terminal period at the end of the field unless the last word is an abbreviation or initial

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

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

Indexing

For indexing and searching information, see Searching WorldCat Indexes, field 586.

MARC 21

For more information, including content designator history, see MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data, field 586.