In a message dated 5/25/2006 3:10:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

Library OPACs
do not include fields regarding donation or accession, exhibit use,
condition, and so forth.

Actually, MARC format has a field for accession information (541) and another for exhibition citations (585), which we use in archival records. While there is no designated condition field, we use a local field, 590, which has been configured to display the label "condition" in the OPAC. With a little tweaking, we find MARC adaptable for cataloguing "three-dimensional" artifacts.

David Haberstich

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