In article <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote:
>give every item its own =91inventory number=92. Are there libraries who h=
>ave=20
>this same obligation, and where in MARC do they place this number? Since=20=
Accession numbers used to be very common; in most libraries they have
given way to barcode numbers.
Some Canadian libraries, and SLC, use 090$e, based on former
Utlas/Catss practice.
When exporting for a library or museum which shelves by accession
number, we export as 852$j, otherwise as 852$p (which is also used for
barcode numbers).
Field 024 is for other standard numbers, and LC uses it for Asian
accession numbers. An individual institution's accession number is
not a "standard number", but if your ILS can not handle 852, you could
use 024 7 $a<number>$2<your code>. Field 024 is repeating, so that
would not prevent your using it for other numbers.
__ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod ([log in to unmask])
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