From: Program for Cooperative Cataloging [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gemberling, Ted P
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:25 PM
> 
> I want to understand better what is meant by "consistent" references in the Ref status fixed
> field code. I'm working on n  79009111 (Spacher, Stephanus Michel) which has the 667 "Cannot
> be used in RDA" note. I'm assuming the reason is because it has the Ref Status b code
> (references are not consistent). 

Or due to Rules = "a"?  That puts the data's age at somewhere before AACR1.  But I can't speak to whether Rules code "a" has any influence over Ref status.

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