012 Fingerprint identifier

This field contains the Fingerprint Identifier for older monographic publications (antiquarian) and a code for the institution to which the field applies which distinguishes between fingerprint identifiers when more than one is contained in a record. The field corresponds to the ISBD standard number (or alternative) and terms of availability area.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELD			REPEATABILITY
012		Fingerprint identifier	r
	a	Fingerprint	nr
	0	Call number to which field applies*	nr
	2	Fingerprint system code	nr
	5	Institution to which field applies	nr
	9	Inventory number to which field applies*	nr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

012a Fingerprint

Calculated fingerprint. The fingerprint is assigned by the agency creating a record.

0120 Call number to which field applies*

If the institution has more than one copy, it is the call number entered to which field content applies.

0122 Fingerprint system code

An identification in coded form of the system from which fingerprint identifier is derived. Within the COBISS system the abbreviation fei (Fingerprints = Empreintes = Impronte) is used.

0125 Institution to which field applies

Name of institution in coded form. A numerical library code should be entered.

0129 Inventory number to which field applies*

The inventory number of a copy is entered to which field content applies. That also makes a relation to the holdings data. If a multi-volume copy is catalogued, with more inventory numbers, each of them is separated by a punctuation mark ";".

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

A fingerprint is a means of identifying older monographic publications constructed by taking groups of characters (letters) from certain pages in order to make each publication uniquely identifiable.

Since there is no internationally accepted formula for fingerprint, various forms of fingerprint will be considered acceptable. Within the COBISS system it is a method of fingerprint construction found in the handbook Fingerprints = Empreintes = Impronte. Paris : Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes in association with National Library of Scotland, 1984.

RELATED FIELDS

010	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
	The field contains the International Standard Book Number.
301	NOTE PERTAINING TO IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
	The field contains a note on the fingerprint identifier.

EXAMPLES

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012	⊔⊔	aocon humi nche covn 3 MDLXXX 2fei 5CiZaNSB 0R II F-8°-307
		(Fingerprint for "Opera di Marco Marulo da Spalato Circa L'Institutione del buono e beato vivere". In Venetia, 1580. Fingerprint taken from a copy in the National and University Library (Nacionalna i sveučilišna biblioteka) Zagreb, pressmark R II F-8°-307, using the rules of "Fingerprints = Empreintes = Impronte".)

012	⊔⊔	a165512 - al 2 dol : a2 6 m$ - bl A r : b2 2E7 $quid$ 2stcn 5NeHKB
		(Fingerprint for Erasmus "Colloqvia". Amstelodami, 1655. Fingerprint taken from a copy in the Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliothek) Den Haag, using the system devised for the Short Title Catalogue (Netherlands).)