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Unit: LTS Special Materials

Date last reviewed: 09 10/0626/20172018

Date of next review: August 20182019

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Note: DACS rules are intended to apply to finding aids as well as catalog records. Fields whose names are in boldface below are required in all DACS records (although the MARC tags are required only in the catalog records, not in the finding aids). 

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245 00  $a Title: creator's name + nature of the materials + (optionally) topic, $f date (if you use "circa," spell it out; if the collection has no date, use "undated," not "n.d."), $g bulk [ (dates, if you have bulk dates])

Examples:

Alexander Gardner Civil War photographs, $f 1861-1865

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300   Extent:  spell out the words, e.g. 35 cubic feet. You can include in this field both a measurement and a count. RMC practice: To help us gather sound estimates of the amount of space our collections are taking up, always express the extent in cubic feet whenever practical.

Examples:

6 $f cubic feet (15 boxes)

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Note: RMC uses 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 Language(s) and script(s) 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. The 546 $b is used to describe a specific script or hand, not the quality or general characteristics of the handwriting such as the use of cursive vs. block letters or the like.

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