Only fields requiring guidelines specific to visual materials are in this manual. General definitions and guidelines for all fields are in the Beinecke Manuscript Unit’s Manuscript Cataloging Manual [1].
The following fields are required in all records:
Leader
008
040
245
264
300
336
337
338
506
520
561
500 Title source
524
655
6xx At least one, other than 655
852
The following fields are required when applicable (see field definitions for more information):
006 For realia
007 For all material types other than realia
035 ‡9 Finding aid search string
099 _9 ‡a call number call number
1xx
351
545
555 0_ ‡a
530
546 If text is present
6xx Corresponding to 1xx
856 42 ‡3 ‡u Finding aid link