---

        Chief source of information
            1. Title frame
            2. Eye-readable data at the top of the fiche (if no title on title frame)
            3. Accompanying eye-readable materials or the container (if title is a shortened form on the "header")

         Fixed fields
           
            Type:   a
            Blve:    m
            Desc:   a
            Form:   a (microfilm)
                        b (microfiche)
                        c (microopaque)
            Ills:      / (no illustrations)
                       a (illustrations)
                       b (maps)
                       c (portraits)
                        ... ( see fixed field in Bib. Standard and Format for details)
            Srce:    d
            Conf:    0 (not a conference publication)
                        1 (conference publication)
            Gpub:    / (not a gov. publication)
                        f (federal/national)
                        ... (see fixed field in Bib. Standard and Format for details)
            Fest:    0 (not a festschrift)
                       1 (festschrift)
            Audn:   / (unknown or not specified)
                        a (preschool)
                        b (primary)
                        ... (see fixed field in Bib. Standard and Format for details)

        007 Physical Description Fixed Field (R)

                h $b d /or e $d a / or b $e f / or m ... $f a--- /or b--- etc. $g b / or c or m $ h a / or b... $ i a / or b... $j a / or u...

            NOTE: $b: d (for microfilm); e (for microfiche)
                        $d: a (positive); b (negative)
                        $f:  use four character positions (see fixed field in Bib. Standard and Format for details)
                        $g: b (monochrome); c (color); m (combination of color and monochrome)...
                        $h: a (silver halide); b (diazole); c (Vesicular)...
                        $i:  a (first generation master); b (printing master); c (Service copy)...
                        $j:  a (safety base); u (unknown)...

        049 NXWY (microfiche)
               NXWX (microfilm)

        245 Title/Statement of Responsibility (NR)

             1st Indicator
                0    no title added entry
                1    title added entry
             2nd Indicator
                0-9 Number of nonfiling characters present

            e.g.    title $h [microform]  : $b subtitle / $c statement of responsibility

         246 Varying Form of Title (R)

            1st Indicator

                    0 Note, no title added entry
                    1 Note, title added entry
                    2 No note, no title added entry
                    3 No note, title added entry

           2nd Indicator

| No information provided
0 Portion of title
1 Parallel title
2 Distinctive title
3 Other title
4 Cover title
5 Added title page title
6 Caption title
7 Running title
8 Spine title

                NOTE: don't end 246 field with punctuation

        260 Publication, Distribution etc. (Imprint) (NR)

                e.g.    Place of publication : $b Name of publisher, $c Date of publication.

        300 Physical Description (R)

            $a x microfiche(s)
                 x microfilm reel(s)

            $b negative, col., ill., map, port., ... (if applicable)
           
            $c microfiches: height x width cm. (if other than 10.5 x 14.8 cm.)
                 microfilms: 16 mm. or 36 mm. (give only the width in millimeters)

            e.g. 2 microfilm reels : $b negative, ill. ; $c 16 mm. 

        5xx Note Field (in order if applicable)
            
            500    Nature, scope, or artistic or other form of an item
            546    Language
            500    Source of title proper
            500    Edition and history
            500    Physical description: reduction ratio, reader, film, other physical details
            500    Dissertations
            500    Audience
            520    Summary
            505    Contents
            
        6xx Subject Access

        7xx Added Entries

    NOTE: For Microform Reproductions of Books and Documents
        
        1. Transcribe the bibliographic data appropriate to the original work being produced in the following areas:

                Title and Statement of responsibility (Add GMD $h [Microform])
                Edition
                Material (or type of publication) specific details
                Publication, distribution, etc.
                Physical description
                Series
                Notes
                Subject Access
                Added entries

        2. Add 533 field for all other details relating to the reproduction and its publication and availability:

                $a Specific material designation of the microform.
                $b Place of reproduction:
                $c agency responsible for the reproduction,
                $d Date of the reproduction.
                $e Physical description of  reproduction:
                $f Series statement of the reproduction (if applicable).
                $m Dates of publication and/or sequential designation of issues reproduced.
                $n Note about reproduction.

               e.g.  Microfilm. ‡m Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1837)-v.20, no. 12 (Dec. 1856). ‡b Washington, D.C. : ‡c Library of        Congress Photo duplication Service, ‡d 1971. ‡e 3 microfilm reels; 35 mm. ‡n Issues for 1853-1856 on reel with: journal of the American Temperance Union and the New York Prohibitionist, v.21, no. 7 (July 1857)-v. 24 (1860).

               
        949 0 $l w $l wm $m a

        949 1 Call # $l wml / or wmc... $t 2  $z 090 $p price $i barcode $c vol. # $m message $g xx copy 

        NOTE: $l wml (for microfilm)
                        wmlp (for microfilm Periodical)
                        wmc (for microfiche)
                        wmcer (microfiche Eric)
                        wmcnd (microfiche Newsbank)
                        wmcp (microfiche Periodical)

Last Update: February 15, 2006