| COMARC/B | June | 2006 |
This field contains information on preservation and treatment. It is particularly used for older monographic publications (antiquarian).
| FIELD/SUBFIELD | REPEATABILITY | ||
| 318 | Action note | r | |
| a | Action | nr | |
| b | Action identification | r | |
| c | Time of action | r | |
| d | Action interval | r | |
| e | Contingency for action | r | |
| f | Authorisation | r | |
| h | Jurisdiction | r | |
| i | Method of action | r | |
| j | Site of action | r | |
| k | Action agent | r | |
| l | Status | r | |
| n | Extent | r | |
| o | Type of unit | r | |
| p | Nonpublic note | r | |
| r | Public note | r | |
| 0 | Call number to which field applies* | nr | |
| 5 | Institution to which field applies | nr | |
| 9 | Inventory number to which field applies* | nr | |
A code or designation designed to identify a specific action or identify it in conjunction with time of action, e.g. project code.
Subfield is used when the time cannot be expressed as a specific date, e.g. at the end of academic term or every five years (see example 7).
Subfield is used when the time is linked to an unpredictable event, e.g. upon receipt of materials (see examples 3, 6).
Subfield contains the text or a citation to a rule etc. governing the action (see example 4).
Subfield contains the name of a person, an institution, or a position or function within an institution, in whom or in which responsibility for an action is vested (see example 7).
Subfield refers to the technique by which the action is carried out (see example 6).
Subfield describes the location in which the action takes place (see example 8).
Subfield contains the condition or state of the described materials, sometimes but not always resulting from an action (see examples 1, 2, 4).
Subfield is used when the action affects only part of the item (see example 5).
Subfield is used when the action affects only part of the item (see example 5).
Subfield contains notes pertaining to an action on an item which is not displayed to the public. It is designed for cataloguers.
Subfield contains notes pertaining to an action on an item which is displayed to the public (see example 8).
If an institution has more than one copy the call number of a copy to which field applies is entered.
Name of institution to which field applies in coded form. A numerical library code should be entered.
It is considered that the record is made for the ideal copy. The preservation and treatment information entered in field 318 refer only to the copy in hand.
| 141 | ANTIQUARIAN – COPY SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES |
| This field contains coded data relating to the copy specific attributes of older monographic publications. |
318 ⊔⊔ aCondition reviewed c19911121 ltext stained, binding intact, water damage 5QL/P18 318 ⊔⊔ aRepaired c1991 loriginal retained, rebacked 5CA/U-1 318 ⊔⊔ aReview condition ewhen deposit is complete 5CA/U66 318 ⊔⊔ aCondition reviewed c19911112 lbinding intact fSCAN kCCM 5Uk (Conditions checked by a member of staff with the initials CCM as part of a review project called SCAN.) 318 ⊔⊔ aFumigate n12 oarchives boxes c19861010 5LO/N-1 318 ⊔⊔ aDispose of efive years after closing file iincinerate 5CaQQCT 318 ⊔⊔ aReview dEvery five years hArchives Unit 5CaQQCT 318 ⊔⊔ aExhibit c19980401-19981231 jVictoria & Albert Museum kJStC rThis item is on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum until the end of the year 5CaQQCT