MARC 583 Action Note

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MARC field 583 in the bibliographic and holdings formats contains information about processing, reference, and preservation actions. Reference actions may include a brief statement about solicitation to acquire material, whether the solicitation is active or inactive, and the date of the last item of correspondence. Preservation actions may include a review of condition, queuing for preservation, and completion of preservation. Field 583 is repeatable to record information about different actions.

Commonly-used tags

First indicator - Privacy

1 - Not private 

Second indicator - Undefined Subfield Codes

 ǂ3 - Materials specified (NR)
ǂa - Action (NR)
ǂc - Time/date of action (R)
ǂk - Action agent (R)
ǂl - Status (R)
ǂx - Nonpublic note (R)
ǂz - Public note (R)
ǂ2 - Source of term (NR)
ǂ5 - Institution to which field applies (NR)