Information:
The Local Notes (590-599 tags) of the MARC 21
bibliographic record are reserved for local use.
These tags allow the library to communicate
information that applies uniquely to the item the
library owns. Some common uses of these tags
include information about who donated the item,
that a book is autographed by the author, the
condition of the item, where the library keeps the
item, and serial numbers for audiovisual equipment.
In addition to the Local Notes, the MARC format
also allows for Local Subject Access Fields in the
69X tags and locally defined fields in the 9XX
tags. When records are shared in a district or
consortium some special issues arise. Often the
local fields are not displayed to al libraries in the
district or consortium as they are not considered
to be of interest to users outside the local library.
When exchanging records with local fields the
system administrator will need special instructions
about whether the local fields are to display and
how the local fields are structured.
The library determines which tags, subfields, and
indicators to use. In our examples, we are using
the 590 tag with only subfield a. We are not
defining any indicators.
Indicators
First Undefined
blank Undefined
Second Undefined
blank Undefined
Subfields
a Local note (NR)
Punctuation
The field ends with a period or some other mark of
punctuation (!, ?, -).
Examples:
590 _aA birthday book donated by Joan Long.
590 _aDonated in memory of Dr. Charles
Smith.
590 _aLibrary's copy is number 440 out of a
numbered series of 500.
590 _aSigned by the author.
590 _aKept at Reference Desk.
590 _aTitle page missing.
590 _aSerial no.: 80091107.
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