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- If first issue is available online, use first indicator = 0 and includes information in a formatted note.
- If the first issue is note in hand, but the information is known, use first indicator = 1 and includes information in an unformatted note.
- If information on the first issue is unavailable, omit this field.
538. Include system requirement notes for direct access titles in this field. In general, follow AACR2 9.7B1.b), but avoid including overly specific information, as this field describes the entire run of the title and that information may change over time. Include a separate 538 field if the disc is designed for multiple platforms:
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Once a month, IT runs a report on the Sirsi database which extracts urls from the 856 fields of all current continuing resources and exports them into a text file, which is emailed to the Serials Cataloger for processing (see Checking URLS from Sirsi).
Prepared by: Alice J. Rhoades
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