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507 - Scale Note for Visual Materials (NR)


MARC 21 Bibliographic - full
July 2022

First Indicator Second Indicator
Undefined
# - Undefined

Undefined
# - Undefined


Subfield Codes
  • $a - Representative fraction of scale note (NR)
  • $b - Remainder of scale note (NR)
  • $6 - Linkage (NR)
  • $8 - Field link and sequence number (R)

FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE

Scale of a visual material resource, for example a still image or three-dimensional form, given as a textual note.

For cartographic materials, prefer field 255 (Cartographic Mathematical Data) to record the scale information.


GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING CONTENT DESIGNATORS

INDICATORS

SUBFIELD CODES

$a - Representative fraction of scale note

507 ##$aScale 1:10 of the original.
[A model]
507 ##$aScale 1/16 in. to 1 ft.
245 00$aAustralian National University :$bUniversity House site levels.
507 ##$aScale 40 feet to 1 inch.

$b - Remainder of scale note

507 ##$aScale 1:500,000;$b1 in. equals 8 miles.
507 ##$bPerspective map not drawn to scale.

$6 - Linkage

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.

$8 - Field link and sequence number

See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.


INPUT CONVENTIONS

Punctuation - Field 507 ends with a period unless another mark of punctuation is present.


CONTENT DESIGNATOR HISTORY

Field 507 - Scale Note for Graphic Material [RENAMED, 2022] [REDESCRIBED, 2022]
Historically, field 507 was used for recording scale content of cartographic material. The field was renamed and the definition was broadened to allow for the recording of non-cartographic scale content.

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