Hold / 172 Coded data field: Information service policy
172 CODED DATA FIELD: INFORMATION SERVICE POLICY This field contains coded data applicable to all types of holdings records, that indicates the general policy of consultation, external lending or reproduction for a bibliographic unit in general or for one of its physical units specified in the holdings record. Occurrence Mandatory. Not repeatable. Indicators Indicator 1: blank (not defined) Indicator 2: blank (not defined) Subfields $a Coded data. Not repeatable. Notes on Field Contents $a/0
a b c u Consultation policy = Information not available = Available = Available conditionally = Not available = Unknown $a/1 Lending policy
- = Information not available
a = Will lend b = Will not lend c = Will lend restricted number of copies d = Restricted lending policy (details in field 371) u = Unknown $a/2 Reproduction policy
- = Information not available
a = Will reproduce b = Will not reproduce c = Will reproduce under special conditions (details in field 371) u = Unknown Related Field 371 NOTES ON INFORMATION SERVICES POLICY Examples
EX 1 172 ##$aaaa Item available for consultation ($a/0 = a), lending ($a/1 = a) and reproduction ($a/2 = a) EX 2 172
- $aabb
Item available only for consultation ($a/0 = a), neither lending ($a/1 = b) nor reproduction ($a/2 = b) allowed.