Display More Note (5XX) Fields
Note fields include useful information that is meant to be displayed to users. This information helps users decide if the resource described is relevant to their needs.
A subtitle that appears only on the cover of a book might only appear in a 500 note. A note might specify that a resource is a reprint of an earlier publication or give the original title of a translation, just to name a few examples.
Most notes are repeatable, so all instances of these MARC fields should display when there are multiple. Currently, only the first 505 (Contents note) displays.
MARC 500 General note
MARC 504 Bibliography, etc. note
MARC 505 Contents note
(subsequent instances)
MARC 511 Participant or performer note
MARC 518 Date/time and place of event note
MARC 534 Original version note
MARC 546 Language note
MARC 550 Issuing body note
What other note fields are important to your users?
Dustin Ludeman
shared this idea
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Bianca Sierra
commented
RiverShare is interested in 590 field for special collections notes.
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Merideth Willett
commented
We would also like the 590 note to display. We have a special collections department that has local history items. They use the 590 note often to tell what is special about the copies they have.
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Dustin Ludeman
commented
Speaking of the 505: Reference librarians report that it's critical to our patrons that titles in 505 $t (as well as all 7XX $t) are indexed in the "Title" index as well as the "All" index.
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Miriam Gloger
commented
This is really important information to have when trying to find the specific version of the work that you want.
505 is things like titles in an anthology, list of song titles on a CD
511 lets you know who is reading the audio book or performing