310 Notes Pertaining to Binding and Availability

Field Definition

This field contains a note on any aspect of binding and availability.

Occurrence

Optional. Repeatable.

Indicators

Indicator 1: blank (not defined)

Indicator 2: blank (not defined)

Subfields

$a Text of Note

(Optional and not repeatable)

Notes on Field Contents

This field contains notes on the binding and availability of the item. If more than one note is to be recorded, each is entered in a repeated field 310.

Fields or other related entities

010 International Standard Book Number

Within the ISBN field, $b Qualification and $d Terms of Availability and/or Price are available for entering details of binding and terms of availability respectively. It is recommended that this data be entered in these subfields when the record has one or more ISBN, since it is often the case that each ISBN corresponds to a particular binding or has a particular availability. If there is no ISBN, this information may be entered in field 310.

Examples

Ex. 1:

310 ##$aAlso available in special edition of 50 numbered copies signed by the author.

Ex. 2:

310 ##$aAvailable only to subscribers

Ex. 3:

310 ##$aBound in modern vellum

Ex. 4:

310 ##$aClassified

A note on restrictions of access to the item.