008 FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS (NR)
The 008 field has no indicators or subfield codes; the
data elements are positionally defined.
008--ALL MATERIALS
00-05 Date entered on file
06 Receipt or acquisition status
0 Unknown
1 Other receipt or acquisition status
2 Received and complete or ceased (indicates
that all parts of a mutipart or serial item have been
published or that the publication is no longer issued)
3 On order
4 Currently received
5 Not currently received
07 Method of acquisition
d Deposit
e Exchange
f Free
g Gift
p Purchase
u Unknown
z Other method of acquisition
08-11 Intent to cancel date
Four characters that indicate an intent to cancel,
the effective date of a cancellation, or the date
of the last expected part of a multipar or serial
item. Dates are recorded in the pattern yymm
12 General retention policy
0 Unknown
1 Other general retention policy
2 Retained except as replaced by updates
3 Sample issue retained
4 Retained until rplaced by microform
5 Retained until replaced by cumulation,
replacement volume, or revision
6 Retained for a limited period
7 Not retained
8 Permanently retained
13-15 Specific retention policy
16 Completeness
0 Other (Limited retention, or no estimate made)
1 Complete (95-100%)
2 Incomplete (50-94%)
3 Scattered (0-49%)
4 Not applicable (Used for single-part items)
17-19 Number of copies reported
20 Lending policy
21 Reproduction policy
22-24 Language
25 Separate or composite copy report
26-31 Date of report