Delete/Retain Tag Table

COLOR CODING:         
Recommended delete        
Required delete       BFS=OCLC Bibliographic Formats & Standards
CAUTION       General comment: see CAUTION for Yale library records
TAG DESCRIPTION DELETE RETAIN COMMENTS
010 LCCN   RETAIN  
011 LC linking control no. DELETE   OBSOLETE
012 Terminal display DELETE   BFS: users may delete or discard
013 Patent control info   RETAIN Probably will never encounter
015 National Bib no.   RETAIN BFS: Use if you are transcribing LC copy with national bibliography numbers for British Library cataloging or if you are transcribing British Library copy or National Library of Canada copy.
       
       
016 National Bib Agency no.   RETAIN Used for the NLC control no.
017 Copyright reg. no.   RETAIN  
018 Copyright article-fee code   RETAIN  
019 OCLC control no. cross ref   RETAIN Represents OCLC no. of deleted record
020 ISBN   RETAIN  
022 ISSN   RETAIN  
024 Other standard no.   RETAIN  
025 Overseas acq. no.   RETAIN  
027 Standard tech. rpt. no.   RETAIN  
028 Publisher no.   RETAIN Important retrieval field for music and video
029 Other System Control no. DELETE   Used for internal OCLC tracking
030 CODEN designation   RETAIN  
032 Postal registration no.   RETAIN Used for serials
033 Date/time & place of event   RETAIN Used primarily with sound recordings
034 Coded cartographic data   RETAIN Used in map cat. In conj. w/255
035 System control no.     SEE 035 Field Summary document
036 Data file id number   RETAIN  
037 Source of acquistions   RETAIN  
039 Core record designator DELETE   OBSOLETE
040 Cataloging source   RETAIN  
041 Language code   RETAIN  
042 Authentication code   RETAIN  
043 Geographic area code   RETAIN  
044 Country of publ. code   RETAIN  
045 Time period of contents SEE NOTE   Delete for books; retain for scores/recordings.
        Assigned by vendors; no way to check accuracy
046 Special coded dates   RETAIN Delete if on vendor record
047 Form of musical comp.   RETAIN Important retrieval field for music
048 No. of musical instruments   RETAIN Important retrieval field for music
049 OCLC loc code DELETE    
050 LC call no.   RETAIN  
051 LC copy, issue statement   RETAIN  
052 Geographic classification   RETAIN Primarily on map records?
055 NLC call number   RETAIN  
060 NLM call number   RETAIN  
061 NLM copy statement   RETAIN  
066 Character sets present   RETAIN Nonroman records
069 Other System Control no. DELETE   OBSOLETE
070 NAL call number   RETAIN  
071 NAL copy statement   RETAIN  
072  Subject category code DELETE   These appear to be assigned by vendors and are generally not in synch with the actual classification
       
074 GPO item no.   RETAIN Government documents
079 WorldCat Master Record ID   RETAIN  
080 Universal decimal call no.   RETAIN Delete if assigned by vendor
082 Dewey decimal call no.   RETAIN  
084 Other call no.   RETAIN Used for nonlocal classification schemes that do not have a specific tag
086 Government doc class no.   RETAIN  
088 Report number   RETAIN  
090 Locally assigned LC-type   RETAG If there is already an 050,delete. 
        If there is none, and the call no. is LC classification, re-tag to 050 _4.
092 Locally assigned Dewey no. DELETE   Since we are not able to verify, better to delete
096 Locally assigned NLM DELETE   Since we are not able to verify, better to delete
098 Other classification schemes DELETE   Since we are not able to verify, better to delete
099 Local free text call no. SEE NOTE   Delete only if not a local Yale number
263 Projected publication date      
         
500 $5 Copy specific note DELETE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
510 Citation/Reference note   RETAIN Retain for all formats EXCEPT serials
510 (SERIALS ONLY) Citation/Reference note DELETE   CONSER/PCC policy to delete [serial records]: 1st indicator 0, 1, or 2
510 (SERIALS ONLY) Citation/Reference note   RETAIN Retain bibliography citations: 1st indicator 3 or 4
541 Immediate source of acquisition DELETE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
590 Local note DELETE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
599 Differentiable local note DELETE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
600 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and  MeSH   RETAIN  
600 2nd indicator 1, 3-7, 9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 600 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        Retain all 600 _4 or _7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
610 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and MeSH   RETAIN  
610 2nd indicator 1, 3-9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 610 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        Retain all 610 _4 or _7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
611 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and MeSH   RETAIN  
611 2nd indicator 1, 3-9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 611 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        Retain all 611 _4 or _7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
630 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and MeSH   RETAIN  
630 2nd indicator 1, 3-9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 630 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        Retain all 630 _4 or 7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
650 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and MeSH   RETAIN  
650 2nd indicator 1, 3-9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 650 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        EXCEPTION: 650_7 $2 lctgm; for Chinese Rare Books retain also $2 sk
        Retain all 650 _4 or _7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
651 2nd indicator 0 or 2 LC and  MeSH   RETAIN  
651 2nd indicator 1, 3-9 nonLC/MeSH DELETE   EXCEPTION: 651 _4 for parallel vernacular fields (East Asia, Hebraica)
        Retain all 651 _4 or _7 assigned by Yale cataloging.
653 Uncontrolled index term DELETE   Retain for order/in-process; delete for cataloged records
654 Subject added entry facetted DELETE    
655 Index term genre/form   RETAIN Video cataloging is already starting to use this although not LC policy yet
655 $5 Local index genre/form term SEE NOTE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member recs.
656 Index term occupation   RETAIN Only used in archive records; Mss&Arch retains
657 Index term function   RETAIN Only used in archive records; Mss&Arch retains
658 Index term curriculum objective DELETE    
69X Local subject SEE NOTE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
7xx $5 Local added entry SEE NOTE   Retain on records cataloged by Yale; delete from member records
79x Local added entry DELETE    
         
852 MARC Holdings Field DELETE   Appears in WorldCat Institutional Records
866, 867, 868 MARC Volume Holdings Fields DELETE   Appears in WorldCat Institutional Records
880 Alternate graphic representation   RETAIN Used for nonroman fields
9xx Local processing data DELETE   EXCEPTION: Retain 987
987 Local romanization data   RETAIN  
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 4:00pm