Field definition and scope:

Field 270 contains an address (as well as electronic access data such as telephone, fax, TTY, etc. numbers) associated with the community information entity.  Multiple addresses, such as mailing addresses and addresses corresponding to the physical location of an item or facilities, are recorded in separate occurrences of field 270.

Field 270 is repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

For indicator and subfield code definitions and examples, and designator repeatability, see table below:

Position

Description

Repeatability

Field 270

Address

R

Indicator:

 

 

First

Level

 

#

No level specified

 

1

Primary

 

2

Secondary

 

 

 

 

Second

Type of address

 

#

No type specified

 

0

Mailing

 

7

Type specified in subfield $i

 

 

 

 

Subfield code:

 

 

$a

Address

R

$b

City

NR

$c

State or province

NR

$d

Country

NR

$e

Postal code

NR

$f

Title preceding attention name

NR

$g

Attention name

NR

$h

Title following attention name

NR

$i

Type of address

NR

$j

Specialized telephone number

R

$k

Telephone number

R

$l

Fax number

R

$m

Electronic mail address

R

$n

TDD or TTY number

R

$p

Contact person

R

$q

Title of contact person

R

$r

Hours

R

$z

Public note

R

$4

Relator code

R

$6

Linkage

NR

$8

Field link and sequence number

R

Input conventions:

Punctuation

Style for recording address information

Input order of telephone numbers

Style for recording telephone, fax, etc. numbers

Related MARC fields or documents:

307  Hours, Etc.

880  Alternate Graphic Representation

MARC Code List for Relators

See also:

2XX  Titles, Addresses

Variable Data Fields