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Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:43:09 -0600
From: "MD_Buddy (Buddy Pennington)" <MD_Buddy@KCLIBRARY.ORG>
Subject: Subfield order of 510 fields in serial MARC records

Hi,

We've come across a bunch of MARC records where the 510 field (sources that
index or cite the serial) has subfields that look out of order.  The
subfields are:

$a      title
$b      years covered
$x      ISSN (of title in $a)

Normally, the subfields would be in alphabetical order but in numerous 510
fields we are find the following order:  $a $x $b.  I found a citation in
the CONSER Editing Guide that says to order the fields that way.  I was just
curious to know why.

World piece isn't hinging on this; it just stoked the fires of my
intellectual curiosity.  Anyway, have a great weekend!

Buddy Pennington
Document Delivery Librarian
Kansas City Public Library
md_buddy@kclibrary.org
816-701-3552