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