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Chapter 5

260$c: Date of publication

300: Physical description

500: General note

505: Formatted contents note

6XX: Various subject fields

7XX: Other authors

952$a: Home branch

952$d: Date acquired

952$p: Barcode

952$y: Item type

Identifying mandatory fields

Next, for each field and subfield we will indicate if it needs to be mandatory. If data

for a certain field is always available, and the field helps patrons find or evaluate an

item, it might be a good idea to make it mandatory. Our configuration plan for books

now looks like this:

Tag/Subfield Mandatory?

020: ISBN No

082: Call number No

1XX: Author fields No

245: Title Yes

260$a: Place of publication Yes

260$b: Publisher Yes

260$c: Date of publication Yes

300: Physical description Yes

500: General note

505: Formatted contents note

6XX: Various subject fields Yes

7XX: Other authors No

952$a: Home branch Yes

952$d: Date acquired

Yes

952$p: Barcode

Yes

952$y: Item type Yes

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