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DATE: May 25, 2023
REVISED: June 13, 2023
NAME: Adding Subfield $3 to Field 532 in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format
SOURCE: National Library of Finland, Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange (CCM), Online Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC)
SUMMARY: This paper suggests adding new subfield $3 (Materials specified) in field 532 (Accessibility Note) in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format to allow for expressing which part of the resource different 532 fields refer to.
KEYWORDS: Field 532 (BD); Accessibility Note (BD); Accessibility (BD); Subfield $3 in field 532 (BD), Materials specified (BD)
RELATED: 2017-DP03; 2018-03; 2022-DP01; 2022-DP07
STATUS/COMMENTS:
05/25/23 – Made available to the MARC community for discussion.
06/28/23 – Results of MARC Advisory Committee discussion: There was strong general support for the paper. In a straw poll, the committee voted in favor of processing the paper as a Fast-Track proposal. The paper was referred to the MARC Steering Group for final processing and approval as a Fast-Track proposal.
Field 532 (Accessibility Note) contains textual information describing the accessibility features, hazards, and deficiencies of a resource, including technical details relating to accessibility features. This field may be used to expand on or to qualify data in field 341 (Accessibility Content). Field 532 can be repeated if multiple notes on accessibility are required.
At present, each note applies to the entire resource. However, different parts of the resource may contain different accessibility features or deficiencies. Description of such features should be associated with the relevant part, in order not to mislead the user.
For instance, accessibility features of DVD and Blu-ray versions of a movie, published jointly in the same combo package, may differ from each other. A Blu-ray version may have subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) missing from the DVD version. Combo packages may also contain multiple movies or the same movie in different file formats. If so, captions, audio descriptions, etc. may vary from one film/version to another. In these cases, it is necessary to record the supported accessibility features separately for each film or version included in the package.
Field 532 (Accessibility Note) is currently defined in the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format as follows:
FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE
Textual information describing the accessibility features, hazards, and deficiencies of a resource, including technical details relating to accessibility features. This field may be used to expand on or to qualify data in field 341 (Accessibility Content).
The Accessibility Note in field 532 may describe only a part of a resource published in a combo package. Thus, there is a need for subfield $3 (Materials specified) in field 532 in order to describe the part of the resource to which the Accessibility Note applies.
Subfield $3 (Materials specified) is already available for several other fields, such as e.g., 341 (Accessibility Content), 381 (Other Distinguishing Characteristics of Work or Expression), 382 (Medium of Performance), 385 (Audience Characteristics), 387 (Representative Expression Characteristics), 506 (Restrictions on Access Note), 521 (Target Audience Note), 530 (Additional Physical Form Available Note), 538 (System Details Note), 540 (Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note), 546 (Language Note), 561 (Ownership and Custodial History), among others. There is a need to add subfield $3 also to field 532.
In field 532 (Accessibility Note) of the MARC 21 Bibliographic Format, add subfield $3 as follows:
$3 - Materials specified (NR)
Part of the described materials to which the field applies.
The resource is a Blu-ray and DVD combo package, both discs contain the same movie, but they have different accessibility features.
Language options: Blu-ray disc: English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; optionally subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing, optionally described in English for people with visual disabilities., DVD: In English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.
130 0_ $a Puss in Boots (Motion picture)
245 10 $a Puss in Boots / $c DreamWorks Animation SKG ; directed by Chris Miller ; produced by Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou ; screenplay by Tom Wheeler ; story by Brian Lynch, Will Davies and Tom Wheeler.
250 __ $a Blu-ray combo pack [edition].
300 __ $a 2 videodiscs (90 min.) : $b sound, color ; $c 4 3/4 in.
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a auditory $b captions $2 sapdv
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a visual $d audioDescription $2 sapdv
341 0_ $3 DVD video $a auditory $b captions $2 sapdv
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $a Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in English
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $a Described in English for people with visual disabilities
532 1_ $3 DVD video $a Closed captioning in English
The resource is a combo package of two discs: one is an ordinary Blu-ray disc, the other one a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc. The ordinary Blu-ray disc contains descriptions for visually impaired and SDH for the hearing impaired. The 4K Ultra HD disc does not contain any accessibility features.
130 0_ $a Black widow (motion picture)
245 10 $a Black widow : $b 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray / $c Marvel Studios ; directed by Cate Shortland ; screenplay by Eric Pearson ; produced by Kevin Feige.
300 __ $a 2 videodiscs (1 hr. 14 min.) : $b sound, color ; $c 4 3/4 in.
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a auditory $b captions $2 sapdv
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a visual $d audioDescription $2 sapdv
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $a Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in English
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $a Described in English for people with visual disabilities
538 __ $a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray
The resource is a combo package of two discs: one is a Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD disc, the other is an ordinary Blu-ray disc. The Blu-ray disc contains audio descriptions and SDH in English. The 4K Ultra HD disc does not contain any accessibility features.
130 0_ $a Eternals (Motion picture : 2021)
245 10 $a Eternals / $c directed by Chloé Zhao ; screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Chloé Zhao & Patrick Burleigh and Ryan Firpo & Kaz Firpo ; produced by Kevin Feige, Nate Moore ; Marvel Studios presents.
300 __ $a 2 videodiscs (2 hr. 36 min.) : $b color, sound ; $c 12 cm
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a auditory $b captions $2 sapdv
341 0_ $3 Blu-ray $a visual $b audioDescription $2 sapdv
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $a Described in English for people with visual disabilities
532 1_ $3 Blu-ray $aSubtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in English
538 __ $a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray + Blu-ray
The two DVD discs contain a movie and plenty of extra material related to it. The movie contains subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. The extra material contains subtitles in German for the deaf and hard of hearing.
130 0_ $a Species.
245 10 $a Peto.
300 __ $a 2 DVD videodiscs (1 hr. 44 min.) : $b color, sound
341 0_ $a auditory $b captions $2 sapdv
500 __ $a Includes plenty of extra material.
532 1_ $3 Peto $a Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in English.
532 1_ $3 Extra material $a Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in German.
546 __ $3 Peto $a Subtitles: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian
546 __ $3 Extra material $a Subtitles: Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish Dutch, English, French, Italian, Spanish
The existing BIBFRAME data conversion programs can accommodate the addition of $3 to a MARC field.
6.1. Has the need for defining subfield $3 (Materials specified) in field 532 (Accessiblity Note) been sufficiently demonstrated?
6.2. Is there a reason why subfield $3 should not be defined for the 532 field?
6.3. Are there any alternative format solutions to what is being proposed?
6.4. Are there other potential issues that need to be taken into account?
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