COMARC/B Format for Bibliographic Data

PDFCOMARC/BApril2012

802 ISSN centre

This field contains a code for the ISSN Centre responsible for assigning the ISSN and key titles.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
802ISSN centrenr
aISSN centre codenr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

802a ISSN centre code

Each centre has been assigned a code by the ISSN International Centre. One or two alphanumeric characters code is entered with leading underline. Codes are listed in the ISSN Manual (see example 1).

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

This field is designed for ISSN centres. The codes are obtained from the records, which have been downloaded from the ISSN Register. Therefore, they are usually not entered while creating records for serials. Codes can be entered in the records which are originally created by ISSN centres.

RELATED FIELDS

011ISSN
530KEY TITLE
These fields contain the ISSN and key title assigned by the ISSN centre.

EXAMPLES

  1. *

    802⊔⊔a_3
    (The ISSN centre in Australia.)

  2. *

    802⊔⊔a31
    (The ISSN centre in Slovenia.)
Prev   Next
8XX INTERNATIONAL USE BLOCK Home 830 General cataloguer's note