| First Indicator | Second Indicator |
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| Type of publisher number 0 - Issue number 1 - Matrix number 2 - Plate number 3 - Other music number 4 - Videorecording number 5 - Other publisher number |
Note/added entry controller 0 - No note, no added entry 1 - Note, added entry 2 - Note, no added entry 3 - No note, added entry |
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Formatted number used for sound recordings, videorecordings, printed music, and other music-related material. Publisher's numbers that are given in an unformatted form are recorded in field 500 (General Note). A print constant identifying the kind of publisher number may be generated based on the value in the first indicator position.
Numbers that are identified as stock numbers are recorded in field 037 (Source of Acquisition). In case of doubt as to whether a number is a publisher’s number, record the number in field 500 or 037. Repeatable for multiple numbers associated with an item.
First Indicator - Type of publisher number
Number used to identify the issue designation, or serial identification, assigned by a publisher to a specific sound recording, side of a sound recording, or performance on a sound recording or to a group of sound recordings issued as a set.
Appears on the record label or, in some cases for a group of sound recordings, on the packaging of these recordings.
| 028 | 01$aSTMA 8007$bTamla Motown [An issue number] |
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Master from which the specific recording was pressed.
Used as an identifying number when the item has no issue or label number.
| 028 | 11$a256A090$bDeutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft [A matrix number] |
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Assigned by a publisher to a specific music publication.
| 028 | 22$aB. & H. 8797$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8798$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8799$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8800$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 028 | 20$aB. & H. 8801$bBreitkopf & Hartel | ||||||||
| 500 | ##$aPl. no. : B. & H. 8797-8801 [Plate numbers] |
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Other than an issue, matrix, or plate number.
| 028 | 42$aVM5108$bVidmark Entertainment | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$aMV600167$bMGM/UA | ||||||||
Other than any of the other defined values (i.e., it is not a publisher number for a sound recording, music, or a videorecording).
Second Indicator - Note/added entry controller
Whether a note and/or an added entry generated from the content of this field is required for display.
Neither a note or an added entry needs to be generated.
| 028 | 00$aRF 202$bRBF | ||||||||
| 500 | ##$aRBF: RF 202(x)A-RF 202(x)D. Imperfect: Side D
scratched. [An issue number for which no note or added entry is desired; note provides other information.] |
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| 028 | 40$aMV600167$bMGM/UA [A videorecording number for which no note or added entry are desired.] |
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Both a note and an added entry need to be displayed.
Note is displayed, but no added entry is required.
No note is displayed but an added entry is required.
$a - Publisher number
| 028 | 00$aGV-201A$bGood Vibrations Records | ||||||||
| 028 | 11$aL27410X$bChaparral | ||||||||
| 028 | 40$aVA5386$bVestron Video | ||||||||
$b - Source
Source of the publisher number. Varies according to the type of publication and the type of publisher's number being recorded. For sound recordings and videorecordings, the label name is recorded in subfield $b. For printed music, the publisher's name is recorded in subfield $b.
| 028 | 00$aM4X-31427$bColumbia | ||||||||
| 028 | 10$aJ-18961M-A$bCountry Line | ||||||||
$q - Qualifying information
Contains qualifiers associated with the number such as part to which number pertains, where number found on item, etc.
| 028 | 02$a438 953-2$bPhilips Classics$q(set) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a438 954-2$bPhilips Classics$q(disc 1) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a438 955-2$bPhilips Classics$q(disc 2) [2 CDs, with a number for the set and a number for each CD] |
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| 028 | 02$aK2 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on label) | ||||||||
| 028 | 02$a7234 8 31158$bEMI Music Canada$q(on container spine) [CD with two different numbers, one on the label and the other on the container spine] |
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| 028 | 42$a440 073 032-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(set and guide) | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$a440 073 033-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(disc 1) | ||||||||
| 028 | 42$a440 073 034-9$bDeutsche Grammophon$q(disc 2) [2 DVDs, with number for the set and a number for each DVD] |
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$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
Punctuation - Field 028 does not end with a mark of punctuation. All spacing and punctuation internal to the number are carried in field 028.
Display Constants
| PL. no.: |
| Publisher's no.: |
The legends Pl. no.: and Publisher's no.: are not carried in the MARC record. They may be system generated as display constants associated with the value in the first and second indicator positions.