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Leader: Fill In
Date(s)
520 Scope and Content
506 1_ Conditions governing access
538 Technical access element (required if applicable)
540 Conditions governing use (required if applicable)
546 Languages and scripts of the material
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Leader: fill inAnchor A A
008: fill in
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Note: Use "papers" (for an individual or family) or "records" (for an organization) only if the collection includes three or more forms of documents. If the collection consists of one or two forms of documents, include those forms in the title (see DACS 2.3.19).
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Date(s): You can formulate the date(s) in the way that you think best, as long as you are consistent about it. For instance, expressions like "1890s," "probably 1834," or "before 1925" are OK.Anchor B B
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545 Administrative/ biographical history, if applicable. First indicator: 0 for biographical information, 1 for administrative history (of an organization, etc.)
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520 Scope and contentAnchor C C
Note: If the collection is incomplete for reasons other than appraisal decisions, describe the gaps here (DACS 3.1.5).
351 Organization/arrangement: describe the aggregations within the collection and their relationships, if applicable (DACS 3.2.2). Use $a for information on organization, $b for information on arrangement.
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506 1_ Conditions governing access: RMC will use this field only when access is restricted. Note that the first indicator for this field has now been defined: 0 (zero) if there aren't any restrictions, 1 if there are restrictions.Anchor D D
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$3 Some letters are $a illegible due to water damage
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538 Technical access element (required if applicable)Anchor E E
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$3 Numerical data is recorded in $a Access database.
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540 Conditions governing use (required if applicable), e.g. restrictions on reproduction due to copyright (DACS 4.4.6, 4.4.8-9)Anchor F F
Note: RMC will use this field if there is a restriction concerning use of the collection. This field may also be used to alert patrons that they need permission to quote materials, or to specify who owns the copyright, etc.
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546 Languages and scripts of the material (required; also, use the appropriate MARC language code for Language in the 008 field). Use $a for language note, $b for a note on the alphabet or script used (such as Cyrillic, Fraktur, etc.), if noteworthy.Anchor G G
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